Cold War in Europe
What was the Marshall Plan?
Explain the ideological differences between North and South Korea
North Korea: communist, allied with Soviet union and China
South Korea: capitalist, western ideals, backed by the United States and its allies
What event is considered the closest that the United States ever got to nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the Second Red Scare?
A widespread panic in the United States relating to communism
What was the name of the alliance that the United States was in during the Cold War?
NATO
What was the Iron Curtain?
The symbolic line that divided Europe into the communist nations controlled by the USSR and the free democratic nations of the west
What is a proxy war?
A war in which two superpowers back opposing sides of a conflict, but do not fight each other directly
Who was the dictator of Cuba from 1959-2008?
Fidel Castro
What was the name of the political tactic that involved accusing people of being communist or treasonous without evidence for political gain?
McCarthyism
What was the Domino Theory?
The idea that if one country fell to communism, others would soon follow
What happened during the Berlin Airlift?
United States and Great Britain flew supplies and fuel into West Berlin which had been blockaded by Soviet controlled East Germany
What country became communist under Mao Zedong following its civil war?
China
What was the name of the failed military invasion of Cuba that was made up of Cuban exiles and secretly financed by the United States?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
What is fallout?
Radioactive material that falls after a nuclear explosion and can contaminate air, water, and land
What was the name of the alliance of the Soviet Union and the countries of Eastern Europe during the Cold War
Warsaw Pact
What was the Truman Doctrine?
Containment of Communism, America's foreign policy during the Cold War
Where were North and South Korea divided following the Korean War?
Name two of the outcomes of the Cuban Missile Crisis
USSR publicly removes nuclear missiles from Cuba
US promises to not invade Cuba without provocation
US secretly removes nuclear missiles from Turkey
Washington-Moscow Hotline established
What was the term used to describe the easing of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union?
Detente
What is considered to be the end of the Space Race?
The United States landed a man on the moon
What was built in Germany during this time period that became symbolic of the Cold War?
Berlin Wall
What was the name of the U.S. general that helped free South Korea, but ignored orders and invaded North Korea to try and eliminate communism?
Douglas MacArthur
How far away from the United States is Cuba located?
90 miles
Name three presidents of the United States during the Cold War era.
Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush
What was the name of the turtle in the Duck and Cover promotional video?
Bert