The U.S. and its allies supplied West Berlin by air for nearly a year to overcome a Soviet blockade.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Forced China to become Communist (PRC)
Who is Mao Zedong?
What is the Red Scare?
First satellite launched into space
What is Sputnik?
This war took place in the 1950s on the Korean Peninsula.
What is the Korean War?
This structure, built in 1961, divided a major European city and symbolized the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?
He was the U.S. president when the Berlin Wall fell.
Who is George H. W. Bush?
Term for spying or obtaining info for the enemy
What is espionage?
Country opposing the U.S. in the Space Race
Who is the Soviet Union?
This Southeast Asian country was the center of a long war between communists and anti-communists.
What is Vietnam?
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
The U.S. and its allies formed this military alliance to counter the Soviet Union.
Hollywood stars were banned from making movies due to being potential communist party affiliates
What is blacklisted?
This U.S. president proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as "Star Wars."
Who is Reagan?
Group created to strengthen Stalin's Communist powers in Europe
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This U.S. doctrine promised support to countries resisting communism.
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?
The U.S. launched this economic aid program to rebuild Europe after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This U.S. government-funded radio station broadcast Western news to Eastern Europe.
What is Radio Free Europe?
This treaty, signed in the 1970s, limited nuclear weapons between the U.S. and USSR.
What is SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty)?
The Vietnam was split at this
What is the 17th Parallel?
This 1962 event brought the U.S. and the USSR to the brink of nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
President at the onset of the Cold War
Who is Harry Truman?
Husband and wife executed for committing espionage
Who are the Rosenburg's?
First human in space
Korea was split at this
What is the 39th Parallel?