Basics
The Cold War was primarily between the United States and this nation.
What is the Soviet Union?
This wall divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. (SELF-EXPLANATORY!)
What is the Berlin Wall?
This U.S. president announced the Truman Doctrine.
Who was Harry S. Truman?
The U.S. policy of stopping the spread of communism.
What is containment?
This war divided Korea into North and South
What is the Korean War?
The Cold War lasted roughly from 1947 to this year.
What is 1991?
This 1962 crisis nearly caused nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This Soviet leader introduced glasnost and perestroika.
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
The competition to build more powerful nuclear weapons.
What is the arms race?
This war involved U.S. efforts to stop communism in Southeast Asia.
What is the Vietnam War?
The U.S. supported this economic system.
What is capitalism?
This operation supplied West Berlin after a Soviet blockade.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This U.S. president challenged Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
Who was Ronald Reagan?
The idea that one nation becoming communist could influence neighboring countries.
What is the domino theory?
This military alliance was formed by the United States in 1949.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
The USSR supported this economic system.
What is communism?
This Soviet launch in 1957 began the Space Race.
What is Sputnik 1?
This Soviet dictator ruled during the early Cold War.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
Wars where the U.S. and USSR supported opposite sides without fighting each other directly.
What are proxy wars?
This alliance was created by the Soviet Union in response to NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
The Cold War was called "cold" because there was no direct war between the superpowers.
What is a direct military conflict?
(BONUS) This policy, announced by President Truman in 1947, pledged American support to nations resisting communism and became a foundation of U.S. Cold War strategy.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This American president led the U.S. during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who was John F. Kennedy?
The easing of tensions between the U.S. and USSR during the 1970s.
What is détente?
This war in the 1980s weakened the Soviet Union and is sometimes called its "Vietnam."
What is the Soviet–Afghan War?