Definitions and Vocab
A decades long struggle between the United States and Soviet Union for technological and ideological supremacy.
What is the Cold War?
The leader of the Soviet Union during the beginnings of the Cold War, until his death in 1953.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
The last of the conferences with the "Big Three".
What is the Potsdam Conference?
This decade was filled with fears of nuclear war, a nuclear arms race, and a space race competition between the United States and the Soviet Union.
What is the 1960s?
the strategy of containing Soviet influence to places where it already existed and prevent expansion to other areas.
What is containment?
This US President went to the Yalta Conference with the goal of having the Soviet Union join the UN and for Soviet support in the war against Japan.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
the promotion of the widespread fear of Communism in the United States.
What is the Red Scare?
This decade saw the end of the Second World War and the beginning of the Cold War relatively shortly after.
What is the 1940's
a political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas--the "free" west and the communist east--during the Cold War.
What is the Iron Curtain?
This Prime Minister of the United Kingdom gave a famous "Iron Curtain" speech.
Who is Winston Churchill?
This war is considered the first "hot war" inside of the Cold War.
What is the Korean War?
The first half of this decade had increased tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, while the second half seen the Cold War start to wind down.
What is the 1980's?
a program designed to give economic aid to European countries in need.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This US President during the 1970's started to thaw relations with communist countries during his tenure.
Who is Richard Nixon?
A competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States and the Soviet Union.
What is the nuclear arms race?
This decade seen a rise of anti-communist paranoia, as well as fear of nuclear attacks beginning. (drills in schools in case of nuclear bombs)
What is the 1950's?
the easing of hostility or strained relations between countries.
What is detente?
This American diplomat is known as the author of "The Long Telegraph" and advocating containment.
Who is George Kennan?
This is the closest we've ever come to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This decade was when tensions started to relax, temporarily of course, between the United States and the Soviet Union.
What is the 1970's?