Cold War 1
First leader of Communist North Korea whose family is still in power to this day.
Kim Il Sung
US astronaut who became the first person ever to walk on the moon.
Neil Armstrong
Wisconsin Senator responsible for the second Red Scare and causing paranoia that communism was spreading in the US.
Joseph McCarthy
Leader of the Soviet Union at the START of the Cold War.
Joseph Stalin
Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Nikita Khrushchev
First leader of Communist China.
Mao Zedong
35th US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
John. F Kennedy
33rd US President at the START of the Cold and responsible for the Marshall Doctrine.
Harry Truman
34th US President and former 5 Star General from World War II.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
First leader of Communist Cuba.
Fidel Castro
This is a political theory based on private ownership and an economy that is driven by supply and demand.
Capitalism
This is a political theory based on NO private ownership and an economy that is controlled by the government.
Communisim
These were countries that were aligned, influenced, and pressured by the Soviet Union.
Satellite Nations
A war without fighting or bloodshed but included arms races and espionage.
Cold War
This was the security pact between the US and its allies.
NATO
This was the security pact between the Soviet Union and its allies.
Warsaw Pact
This was the new international organization created after WW2 to prevent another war.
United Nations
This was the United States government agency responsible for the space program.
This is the foreign intelligence and counterintelligence program of the United States using spies.
CIA
This is the foreign intelligence and counterintelligence program of the Soviet Union using spies.
KGB
This was the conference where the allies divided Germany amongst themselves.
Potsdam Conference
This was the US plan to give $13 Billion to European Nations to help with recovery from WW2 and further US influence
Marshall Plan
Which country did not fall to communism during the Cold War?
China
Cuba
South Korea
Soviet Union
South Korea
This was the failed invasion by the CIA and Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro from Cuba.
Bay of Pigs
In order to stop people from leaving East Berlin, what did the Soviets do?
Berlin Wall