Cold War 1
A period of tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union without direct fighting.
What was the cold war?
When did the Cold War begin?
What is after WWII, 1945-47
Capital of Germany
What is Berlin?
This even took place between Cuba and the US in October 1962 and lasted for 13 days.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This physically divided East and West Berlin
What is the Berlin wall
This proxy war resulted in in a complete communist takeover by the north after almost 20 years of brutal fighting.
What is the Vietnam War?
Economic system grants all ownership & control of private businesses to the central government.
What is Communism?
This Soviet intelligence agency was responsible for gathering intelligence and conducting covert operations during the Cold War
What is the KGB
Used by both the USSR and USA to shape public perceptions and spread their ideologies.
What is Propaganda
What was containment?
What is A U.S policy to stop the spread of communism.
In 1948-1949, the Soviet Union blocked West Berlin, leading to a massive supply operation by the Western Allies.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Korea was split into north and south along this line
What is the 38th parallel
This term, coined by Winston Churchill, described the ideological and physical barrier dividing Europe between East and West.
What is the Iron Curtain?
Organization of allied nations who joined forces in the West to support any threats of Communism.
What is NATO?
A strategy used by the USSR to slowly remove political opposition 'slice by slice'
What is Salami Tactics
US plan that gave economic assistance to European countries after WWII.
What is the Marshall plan?
This period saw Czechoslovakia attacked by members of the Warsaw pact after censorship and other restrictions were relaxed by its communist leader.
What is the Prague Spring
The Viet Cong used hit-and-runs, ambushes, and booby traps as their main military strategy, known as?
What are Guerrilla Tactics
The constant need to build up more weapons than the Soviets in order to prevent nuclear war.
What is the Arms Race?
The USSR created this military alliance in response to the creation of NATO
What is the Warsaw Pact
The location where USA forces attempted to invade Cuba in order to over throw the communist government
What is the Bay of Pigs
Name any US presidents during the period of the Cold War.
Who was Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Reagan?
It started as a labor rights movement in Poland and grew to encompass broader rights and political freedom protests.
What is the polish Solidarity movement
This US foreign policy doctrine, announced in 1947, pledged to support countries resisting communist pressure.
What is the Truman Doctrine
What role did nuclear weapons play in cold war tensions?
What is the fear of mutually assured destruction
This period in the US was marked by a crack down on leftist and socialist ideologies, even in the senate.
What is "the red scare"?
Why did the Soviet Union view the Marshall plan as a threat?
What is increased U.S. influence in Europe and weakened communism.
US aeronautics program created during the Cold War in order to compete with the USSR.
What is NASA
This uprising saw the retreat of soviet troops for several days before thousands were sent back in to crush the revolts.
What is the Hungarian Uprising
Two similar proxy conflicts saw the U.S. and its allies supporting South against communist North and its Communist allies
What is Vietnam and Korea