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The Political, Economic and sometimes military conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States.
What is the Cold War
The Korean War started after which country invaded South Korea
Who is North Korea
The 2 main places where real "Hot" wars took place during the Cold War
What is Korea and Vietnam
The part of Europe that was forced to turn communist by the Soviet Union towards the end of World War II
What is Eastern Europe
What is the Arms Race
The type of government that gave people rights, freedoms and allowed them to participated politiclally.
What is Democracy
During the Korean War, North Korea was mostly supported by
Who is China
This was the first potential major conflict of the Cold War in Germany that could have turned into a World War III
What is the Berlin Blockade
The name used to describe the divide between the Communist and Democratic worlds after during the Cold War
Another way the Soviet Union and United States competed that became an "Out of this World" competition
What is the Space Race
Alliance between the United States and Western European countries after World War II to protect against the spread of communism
What is NATO
During the Korean War, South Korea was mostly supported by
Who is the United Nations made up of mostly soldiers from the United States
This means to be on the "edge" or really close to a nuclear war
What is Brinkmanship
The foreign policy goal of the United States to stop the spread of communism after World War II
What is Containment
The first Satellite ever launched into outer space
What is the Sputnik by the Soviet Union
The fear that if one country in Asia turned communist, many other countries would also fall to cummunism.
What is the Domino Theory
After the Korean War, what type of government did North Korea have?
What is a Communist government
This started after the United States discovered that the Soviet Union had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
A part of Containment in the US that gave countries money for military aid to fight off communism
What is the Truman Doctrine
The program created by the United States to land a man on the moon
What is the Apollo Program
The economy in the United States that allowed for private ownership of businesses and the production of consumer goods.
What is Capitalism
After the Korean War, what type of government did South Korea have?
What is a Democratic government
This was the failed plan of the United States to take out Fidel Castro and Communism in Cuba
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion
A part of Containment that gave money to countries in Western Europe to help them rebuild their economies after World War II
What is the Marshall Plan
The Cold War was a race between the Soviet Union and United States to spread which 2 types of governments