Important People
The dictator of the Soviet Union who believed that he should control a majority of Europe after WWII.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
What divided a German city during the Cold War?
Berlin Wall
Messages used by governments to influence people’s opinions.
Propaganda
A policy written by President Truman to contain communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Who was the first human in space?
Yuri Gagarin
Chinese revolutionary, politician, and the founder of the People's Republic of China.
Mao Zedong
An organization set up for nations to trade peacefully with one another and to help stop the spread of communism throughout the world.
NATO/North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Ordinary people and businesses control the production of goods and services.
What is capitalism?
What long war did the U.S. fight in Southeast Asia to stop communism?
Vietnam War
What country launched Sputnik?
Soviet Union/USSR
The president who took over after Franklin D. Roosevelt's death and who tried to stop the spread of communism.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
What alliance was created by the Soviet Union in response to the United States?
Warsaw Pact
The government controls production and owns the nation's natural and capital resources.
What is communism?
An agreement to stop fighting.
Cease-fire
What was the name of the mission that landed on the moon?
Apollo 11
Vietnamese Communist who led Vietnam to independence from France. Led North Vietnam at the beginning of the Vietnam War.
Ho Chi Minh
What crisis in 1962 nearly caused nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
The fear that communism would spread from one country to another
Domino Theory
The war that was not supported by many Americans. Many Americans started demonstrations and protests for the soldiers to be brought back home.
What is the Vietnam War?
Who was the first American to take a selfie in space?
Buzz Aldrin
Communist leader of Cuba who allied with the USSR.
Fidel Castro
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?
U.S. leaders believed stopping communism would protect this system of government where power comes from the people through voting.
Democracy
This 1968 surprise attack by Vietnam forces shocked Americans and changed public opinion about the war.
Tet Offensive
What was the largest rocket sent to space up until 1968?
Saturn 5