Cold War Origins
What two nations was the Cold War primarily between.
The US and the Soviet Union
What were US citizens told to do if the atomic bomb hit?
Duck and Cover
Who followed FDR as President during the cold war?
Harry Truman
Leader of the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Communist leader of North Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh
Describe what happened to Germany after WWII.
It was split into 4 zones.
What did the "red" in Red Scare stand for?
Communism
What was the name of the Soviet Satellite first launched into space?
Sputnik
Leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Fidel Castro
Alliance during the Cold War that the United States was a part of.
NATO
What was the Berlin Airlift?
When allies flew supplies to West Berlin for 11 months.
What was the Iron Curtain?
A group of countries controlled by the Soviet Union that separated Eastern and Western Europe.
What was the US policy towards the Soviet Union?
Containment!
Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Nikita Khrushchev
The Warsaw Pact
What was the name of the conference where world leaders met to plan the post-war world?
The Yalta Conference
The belief that if one nation fell to communism, others would quickly follow.
Domino Theory
A program that was designed to give financial aid to European countries to lessen the appeal of communism.
Marshall Plan
A failed military attempt to start a popular uprising in Cuba.
The Bay of Pigs
What leader led China to communism?
Mao Zedong
Explain the Declaration of Liberated Europe.
It stated that each European nation could choose their own system of government.
What was the name of the turtle on the Duck and Cover clip?
Bert
Who came up with the policy of containment?
George Kennan
Explain the Cuban Missile Crisis
Answers may vary, but here is a summary:
Soviet Union was supplying missiles to Cuba.
US decided to "Quarantine" Cuba.
Missiles were up and ready to launch.
US and Soviet Union reach an agreement to both remove missiles.
US looks stronger because their missile removal is secret at the time.
A coordinated series of attacks on American bases in Vietnam that occurred during the Vietnamese New Year.
Tet Offensive