U.S.
American economic ideology
What is capitalism?
Soviet dictator who refused to remove troops from Eastern Europe after WW2.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Name for "race" to acquire the most nuclear weapons.
What is the arms race?
Symbol of the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?
Also: Iron Curtain
International organization formed after WW2 to promote peace.
What is the United Nations (UN)?
Powerful military alliance led by U.S.
What is NATO?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Event symbolizing collapse of Iron Curtain and USSR.
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
NATO threat of nuclear war if Soviets expand West.
What is massive retaliation?
Extreme love of country and/or desire for independence.
What is nationalism?
U.S. led UN intervention to contain in Asia and war ended in a tie.
What is the Korean War?
Nearly nuclear war but JFK and Khrushchev made a deal.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Last Soviet dictator who created perestroika and glasnost.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
Cold War competition over ideology & technology.
What is the Space Race?
American loans for rebuilding Europe after WW2.
What is the Marshall Plan?
Massacre of young protesters in China.
What is Tiananmen Square?
Created by McCarthy to investigate alleged communists.
What is the House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
Military alliance created by USSR after Korean War.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
Using nuclear weapons as a threat.
What is a deterrent?
Also: MAD deterrence, massive retaliation
President Truman's response to Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Mao tried to modernize Chinese economy but killed millions.
What is the Great Leap Forward?
Led the Red Scare after WW2 in 1950s
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
First satellite to orbit Earth, which started Space Race.
What is Sputnik?
Non-proliferation agreement to stop arms race during detente.
What is SALT?
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
Violent war in Yugoslavia caused by nationalism, which led to genocide.
What is the Bosnian War?
Also: Balkan War, Kosovo War.
Mao created a cult to regain total power.
What is the Cultural Revolution?