Important People
The dictator of the Soviet Union who believed that he should control a majority of Europe after WWII.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
The time period when fighting was done by using money and words instead of guns and soldiers.
What is the Cold War?
The symbol of the differences between communist and noncommunist countries.
What is the Iron Curtain?
The U.S. president who lost to JFK during the 1960 election due to the TV broadcast of the debate.
Who is Richard Nixon?
In TOTAL, how many miles long was the Berlin Wall?
96 miles
Who is Winston Churchill?
An organization set up for nations to trade peacefully with one another and to help stop the spread of communism throughout the world.
What is NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
Ordinary people and businesses control the production of goods and services.
What is capitalism?
At what line was North and South Korea divided after the conclusion of the Korean War?
What is the 38th parallel?
What were three reasons why JFK was elected during the 1960 election over his opponent?
Tanned, Blue Suit, Camera angles, prepared
Who is Fidel Castro?
When the U.S. used planes to drop food and supplies to help the people of West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
The government controls production and owns the nation's natural and capital resources.
What is communism?
What was established at the division line between North and South Korea?
What is the DMZ (demilitarized zone)
A military and political alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern European countries
What is the Warsaw Pact?
An anti-communist who believed there were communist spies working for the U.S. government.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
Khrushchev placed missiles in Cuba after being behind in the arms race. The Soviet Union removes them only when the U.S. promises not to invade Cuba. This became known as the __________________.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This president was assassinated during his visit to Dallas in November of 1963
Who is John F. Kennedy?
The name of the place where exiles tried to overthrow Fidel Castro?
What is the Bay of Pigs?
What were 4 countries created after the fall of the Soviet Union
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Estonia
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Russia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
The Soviet leader who helped Fidel Castro set up a communist government in Cuba and ordered the construction of the Berlin Wall.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
The war fought over the spread of communism between communist N. Korea and non-communist S. Korea; U.S. leaders thought that the Soviet Union had helped plan the attack.
What is the Korean War?
This was built to keep the people of East Berlin from fleeing to West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Wall?
During what event did the US sell weapons to Iran and then used that money to fund Nicaraguan rebels against their communist government?
What were 3 items established under Perestroika and Glasnost of the Soviet Union?
Private enterprise/ownership, Cut military spending, Decentralized economy, Foreign trading, Democratic elections, Local governments, Freedoms