marshal plan
what is the marshall plan?
this 1947 program offered over 10 billion to rebuild west europe economies.
what is the Korean war?
The Korean war was a war fought between north and south Korea,it began when north Korea invaded south Korea.
what is the cuban missile crisis?
this 13 day crisis in 1962 brought the world closets to a nuclear war.
what was the Berlin wall?
the Berlin wall was a wall built to separate east and west berlin and keep the east from leaving to go to the west.
what is the USSR dissolved
it was a 1991 event that ended the cold war.
what did they use communism for?
the marshall plan was created mainly to stop the spread of this system.
what is the United Nations?
the United nations is an international organization that works together for world peace
what did the nuclear missiles do?
this discovery of these weaponds caused the crisis
what was the iron curtain?
the iron curtain was a term to describe the political boundary dividing Europe or in simpler terms the Berlin wall
what happened to the Soviet union ?
the soviet union broke apart into multiple independent nations which ended themselves.
what was the Soviet union?
this country refused aid and pressured eastern Europe to do the same to western europe.
what is the 38th parallel?
the 38th parallel was a line that became a boundary between north and south Korea after the war.
why was John F. Kennedy important?
this US president ordered a naval blockade during the crisis.
why did the Berlin wall fall?
the berlin wall fell due to protest and economic struggles from the east
what impact did the fall of the berlin wall have on the end of the cold war
this earlier event symbolized the beginning of the end for the soivet union control in europe.
what is containment?
this was a cold war strategy shown in the marshall plan mainly to stop communism from spreading.
what did the Korean war show about cold wars
it showed that cold war tensions could easily turn into a real military conflict.
why was the Soviet union involved?
this was the people who placed the missiles in Cuba and escalated the tension.
what freedoms did people in the west have that people in the east didn't have ?
the west had freedom of speech and freedom of travel, which the east did not have.
who is Mikhail gorbachev
a 1991 leader that helped speed up the collapse of the Soviet union.
how did this plan help?
it helped to rebuild western Europe this plan increased the tension that contributed to future conflicts like Korea.
which major country supported south korea
the USA
what did the missile crisis prove?
it showed how dangerous cold war rivalry had become after earlier conflicts like korea.
how did the fall of the Berlin give the east a sense of freedom
the fall of the Berlin wall gave east freedom by allowing people from the east to be able to leave and travel to the west
(BONUS) what was the Chernobyl disaster
1986 nuclear disasters that exposed major problems in the Soviet system and increased public distrust of the government.