Allies to Enemies
The conflict between the United States and Soviet Union, fought through indirect competition (arms race, space race, proxy wars)
What is: The Cold War
The country and its capital, that are divided between East and West, with the Western being supported by the US, France, and Britain, the East by the Soviet Union
What is: Germany, Berlin
The fear of communism, is sometimes referred to with this short phrase
What is: Red Scare
International contest between countries seeking a military advantage over each other through weapons advancement and stockpiling
What is: The Arms Race
Young leader who takes over the office of President after Eisenhower, becomes 35th president
John F. Kennedy
Economic System that promotes private ownership of industry, laissez faire, competition, and social classes
What is: Capitalism
Action taken by the US and others to provide support to those in West Berlin by dropping supplies from airplanes, in response to the Soviet Blockade preventing aid from entering the city.
What is: The Berlin Airlift
Time period that exposed failures of capitalism in the US and led to economic circumstances that promoted the growth of US communist party
What is: The Great Depression
Competition for international prestige, to be the 1st in space
What is: The Space Race
Soviet leader during JFK's presidency, oversees actions in Cuba, Berlin, seen as more agreeable than previous leaders
Nikita Khrushchev
An economic system that promotes Government ownership of industry, goals of economic equality, and a classless society
What is: Communism
Organization created by the US, Canada, and 10 others to provide mutual defense, as well as economic and military aid for other members.
What is: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
This term refers to the action of undermining, or trying to destroy or damage an established system or government
What is: Subversion
This type of nuclear weapon is up to 700x more powerful than the atomic bombs detonated on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What is: A Hydrogen Bomb
The construction of a physical barrier by the Soviet Union to isolate the city in Eastern Germany from Western influence, restrict movement of inhabitants
What is: The Berlin Wall
What is: The Gulag
Organization created by the USSR and its allies to counter the influence of NATO
The Warsaw Pact
Americans like Alger Hiss, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Aldrich Ames, and Robert Hanssen, are all suspected/accused of being this.
What is: A Spy (For the Soviets)
Concept that nuclear war will end in total devastation for both countries, and likely many others
What is: Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
Invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles trained by the CIA, ends in failure and international embarrassment for the US
What is: The Bay of Pigs Invasion
The 2 policies (one from Truman, one from Marshall) that 1) stated the US should help contain the spread of communism and 2) states the US should help rebuild Europe after post-ww2 to prevent conditions that could lead to communism
What is: The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
Country that embraced communism after a civil war between Nationalist and Communist forces, with only the nationalist government being recognized by the US (at first)
What is: The People's Republic of China
Peak of the second red scare, wherein a certain senator accused and brought many Americans; from political office, Hollywood, and even the Army, to trial for being communists trying to subvert capitalism and democracy. This type of accusation is named after the Senator in question.
What is: McCarthyism
The name of the first satellite to ever travel around earth, launched by the Soviets in 1957
What is: Sputnik
The decision JFK and Khrushchev come to to bring an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis:
What is: Removal of missiles from Cuba in return for removal of US missiles from Turkey AND a promise not to invade Cuba