Bombs, Missiles, Space
The Hydrogen bomb, ICBMs, and the Tsar Bomb are examples of:
a.Nuclear weapons made in the Cold War. b.Satellites launched into Space. c.Proxy Wars. d.Olympic sports
Nuclear weapons
(Country) _______________ was led by Truman with free elections and a capitalist economy
The United States
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USSR & USA competed in....
Space race, Arms race, Proxy wars, Olympics
What 2 Superpowers were involved in the Cold War?
United States and the Soviet Union
The Red Scare was focused on a fear of....
Communism
What bomb is invented after the atomic bomb and is 500 times stronger?
Hydrogen Bomb
Which US president negotiated the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
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Why were LGBTQ people fired from government jobs during the cold war?
prejudice & bigotry
they were suspected of being communist sympathizers
The government feared they could be easily blackmailed by Soviet Spies
What country was divided into 4 zones during the Yalta & Potsdam conferences
Germany
The Red Scare was led by....
Joseph McCarthy
What was Sputnik?
Sputnik was the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union. It was a major win for the Soviet Union and kicked off the Space Race
What are some differences between life under Stalin and Communism and the Democratic and Capitalist United States?
Economic principles: Spread of wealth vs encouraging innovation through reward.
What was the solution to the Berlin Blockade?
The Berlin Airlift
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Name countries where America helped support the anticommunists, and the USSR backed the communist forces, to fight Proxy Wars.
Vietnam, Korean, and Nicaragua
What was McCarthyism?
The political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s
Why was it called "The Cold War"?
The threat of mutually assured destruction meant that the United States and Soviet Union did not want direct conflict. Instead they competed in Proxy wars, the space race, and espionage.
Who authorized a blockade, or forced isolation, of Western Berlin---> people and goods could not travel freely through the city.
Joseph Stalin
The 38th Parallel was...
It served as the initial dividing line between the Soviet and American zones of occupation later becoming the approximate border between North and South Korea
The Marshall plan gave money to....
countries in Europe that promised to fight communism
What was the Lavender Scare
An extension of the Red Scare. Fear that members of the LGBTQ community would betray the US and side with communists because they were susceptible to blackmail
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A 13-day standoff between the US and the Soviet Union, initiated by the Soviet installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba. Fidel Castro felt threatened after the Bay of Pigs. Resolved with the removal of missiles in Turkey and Cuba
At the beginning of the Cold War, Democratic and Communist leaders made agreements with likeminded countries. What was the name of the alliance between USSR and the Soviet Bloc in Eastern Europe?_________. What was the alliance between Western Europe, US, and Canada?_________
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Besides the Berlin Wall, where was another place where a Blockade was used during the cold war?
Cuba, during the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Truman Doctrine gave money to (2 countries) ________ and __________ to help them fight back against communism.
Greece and Turkey
What were some effects of the Red Scare on minority groups and the Civil Rights Movement?
Groups were targeted as communist because they challenged the existing social system. The Red Scare slowed but did not stop the Civil Rights Movement.