Cold War 1
This plan gave money weapons and even sent troops in some cases to prevent the expansion of communist dictators.
What is the Truman Doctrine or Containment?
This multinational organization was created for the purpose of mutual defense/collective security.
An organization of democratic countries in opposition to communism.
What is Nato?
How was the Cuban Missile Crisis thwarted?
What is a naval blockade or naval quarantine.
What was the communist country that U.S. was most afraid of?
What is the USSR or the Soviet Union or Russia?
The Symbolic End to the Cold War was this event
What is the collapse of the Berlin Wall?
Who was the U.S. president that was in power during the Vietnam War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Space Race and Civil Rights Movement?
Who was John F. Kennedy?
The two sets of (economic-political) principles that were at odds during the Cold War.
What are capitalism and communism?
Theory that if one nation falls, its neighbors will fall
What is Domino Theory?
When Gorbachov adopted elements of democracy open discussions more political freedom in the Soviet Union it was known as...
What is glasnost?
The dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953.
Who is Stalin?
The two praxi wars that the U.S. fought to prevent the spread of Communism.
The building of the atomic bomb during WWII, is often referred to as what>
What is the Manhattan Project?
When Gorbachev adopted elements of capitalism under a series of economic reforms it was called...
What was perestroika?
Leader of the Communist Party in China
Who was Mao Zedong?
Ten witnesses who refused to cooperate with court proceedings as they viewed them as unconstitutional
What is the Hollywood 10?
the competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of new technology
What is the Space Race?
This was the first country to launch a satellite into space.
What is the Soviet Union?
Leader of the Communist party in Vietnam?
Who was Ho Chi Mihn?
Eastern European countries became this to the Soviet Union after World War II.
What are satellite nations?
Name the city that was divided into Soviet, American, British and French controlled sections after WWII.
What is Berlin?
Foreign policy implemented by Nixon and Carter to de-escalate tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
What is detente o distencion?
This U.S. president was the first to visit a communist country to re-establish relations between China and the U.S.
Who was Nixon?
Who were the communist leaders of the Soviet Union?
Who was Joseph Stalin, Krusheveik, Gorbachev?
Gary Powers is shot down spying on Russia in his spy plane. Starts 1960s with tension between USSR and USA
What is U2 plane incident