Conflicts
Cold War
Containment
More Cold War
Organizations/Treaties
100
The United States goal during the Korean War
What was containment - Stop the spread of communism into South Korea?
100
Congress overwhelmingly passed the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, Over the next four years, Congress appropriated $13.3 billion for European recovery. This aid provided much needed capital and materials that enabled Europeans to rebuild the continent’s economy.
What was the Marshall Plan?
100
in July 1947, George F. Kennan defined the central goal of U.S. foreign policy during the cold war verse communism:
What was containment?
100
What was the communist country that U.S. was most afraid of?
What is the USSR?
100
The Soviet Response to NATO was:
What is the Warsaw Pact?
200
One way in which the Korean War and the Vietnam War are similar is that both:
What is they developed from Cold War tensions?
200
This is one reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961
What is to keep East Germans from fleeing to the Western sector of Berlin?
200
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world has ever been to...
What is Nuclear War?
200
“Korea Divided at 38th Parallel”
“Hungarian Revolution Crushed”
“Missile Sites Spotted in Cuba”
The events in these headlines contributed to the:
What headlines caused tensions between the superpowers?
200
a mutual defense alliance of nations from Europe and North America. It was organized to defend member nations from the possible aggression of the Soviet Union and the nations of Eastern Europe
What was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
300
This is the reason the Cold War is considered "Cold"
No direct conflict between the US and the USSR
300
During which event did the Soviet Union try to starve out the democratic government in West Berlin in order to turn it communist?
What is the Berlin Crisis?
300
Joseph McCarthy used this tactic in order to take out his political enemies.
What is the Red Scare?
300
This is one reason Mikhail Gorbachev implemented the policies of glasnost and perestroika in the Soviet Union
What is encourage political discussion and economic reform?
300
The primary purpose of the United Nations
What is to resolve conflicts between nations peacefully?
400
America’s goal during the Cold War was to do this...
What is stopping the spread of Communism?
400
The destruction of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union signify the
What is the end of the Cold War?
400
The idea that if one country falls to Communism then the countries neighboring that country are now at risk of falling to communism is known as
What is a Domino Theory?
400
the U.S and Russia were building these weapons in competition of each other
What are nuclear weapons?
400
The group that investigated alleged disloyalty and rebel activities on the part of private citizens, public employees and organizations suspected of having Communist ties
Who are the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
500
This image depicts
What are Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba pointed at the U.S?
500
This event on November 9, 1989 in Berlin was not an embarrassment to the US during the Cold War
What is "The Fall of the Berlin Wall"?
500
The iron curtain was a metaphor for what
What is the divide between communist and democratic countries in Europe?
500
What is the name of the place where exiles tried to overthrow Fidel Castro?
What is the Bay of Pigs?
500
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was initially formed to
What is defend Western Europe from Soviet aggression and communism?