Leader of the Soviet Union following WWII.
Stalin
What was the plan for to aid war torn countries?
Marshall Plan
What country was trying to contain communism?
What is the U.S.?
Who was the president after Truman?
Eisenhower
This is the title given to any war where no direct fighting occurs between the two countries.
Cold War
The idea of keeping communism from spreading.
Containment
This event saw the United States and other European nations bring food and supplies to a German city when the Soviets blocked ground transportation to that city
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Word that means "cease fire."
Armistice
This was built in the German capital city to divide communists and non-communist.
Berlin Wall
Churchill's noted description of this barrier across the continent of Europe following World War II.
Iron Curtain
Name the city that was divided into Soviet, American, British and French controlled sections after WWII.
What is Berlin?
Who was the U.S. General in the Korean War?
MacArthur
Years for the start and end of the Cold War?
What is approximately 1945 - 1991?
What was the US program called that created the first nuclear weapons?
Manhattan Project
Who was the President when the United States was closest to Nuclear War?
John F. Kennedy
This describes the competitive need to build up more weapons than the Soviets in order to prevent nuclear war
What is the Arms Race?
This multinational organization was created for the purpose of responding jointly in case of attack in Western Europe.
What is NATO?
The amount of money given to the war torn nations in Western Europe.
$12 Billion
Rapidly building nuclear weapons.
Nuclear Proliferation
Married couple executed for selling atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Rosenberg's
What was the division between North Korea and South Korea?
38th parallel
This conference included the "Big Three" who made plans for reconstruction of Europe.
Yalta Conference
Name of the alliance formed by the Soviets and Eastern Europe communist nations
Warsaw Pact
A group of writers, directors, and producers targeted by HUAC in 1947.
The Hollywood Ten
President when the cease-fire ended military combat in Korea.
Eisenhower
Korean War years
1950-1953
Where was the U2 spy plane shot down?
Soviet Union
What year did the Berlin wall come down?
1989
Who were the two US president's that planned and executed the attempted overthrow of Castro's government?
Kennedy and Eisenhower
Two of the five satellite nations of the Soviet Union in 1945.
What are Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria
Kennedy started this program to provide economic assistance to third world countries.
Peace Corps
This was created after communism threatened Greece and Turkey for access to the straits connecting the Black Sea.
Truman Doctrine
What part of the US government organization tried to overthrow Castro in 1961?
CIA
On this date, the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union ceased to exist.
1991
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin?
Khrushchev