Iron Curtain
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned that an what had fallen across the continent of Europe?
What is the Iron Curtain
What was the Soviet Union’s solution to the Allies’ control of West Berlin?
What is stopping the supplies from getting to West Berlin.
What political ideal is described here:
Government owns the companies. Government decides which products will be made. Government decides the price of goods and services. Government decides how it will distribute money and other resources.
What is communism
What did The United States send to South Korea to defend against the invasion of North Korea in attempts to stop the spread of communism?
What is troops
Which United States politician is known for accusing fellow government workers as being communists?
Who is Joseph McCarthy
What two Superpowers Emerge from WWII?
What is the United States and the Soviet Union
How did the United States get food and supplies to the people who were starving in West Berlin?
What is the Berlin airlift
Why did the United States get involved in the Vietnam War?
What is to stop the spread of communism
The Cuban Missile Crisis started when the United States found out that the Soviet Union had built what in Cuba?
What is missile launching pads
What was the competition between countries to develop superiority in technological advancements and achievements related to outer space?
what is the space race
In a speech given on March 5, 1946, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said an “iron curtain has descended across the continent”.
What was Churchill describing in his speech?
What the invisible line that divided communist Eastern Europe from the democratic nations to the west.
What were American leaders worried would happen if they left West Berlin to the communists?
What is the spread of Communism in Europe
What war caused the American public to feel conflicting emotions about American involvement, leading to discontent and protests against the government?
What is the Vietnam War
Which president feared a nuclear attack from the Soviet Union and ordered a blockade around Cuba?
Who is President John F. Kennedy
What space mission allowed people to see what space looked like from their televisions at home?
What is the Apollo 8
The meaning of the term, “Iron Curtain” during the Cold War.
What is a communist boundary line that divided Europe
What was bult to stop people from escaping to non-communist West Berlin
What is the Berlin wall
What invention caused the American people to have daily access to news reports on fighting and deaths which caused more opposition to the war.
What is the television
• Communist leader
• Major figure in the Cuban Missile Crisis
• First Soviet Union chief to visit the United States
Using the bullets listed above, which Soviet leader is described?
Who is Nikita Khrushchev
Who used the strategy to increase America’s supply of military weapons to try to weaken the power of the Soviet Union and end the Cold War?
Who is President Ronald Reagan
Why was the term “Iron Curtain” a term used to describe a significant event in the Cold War?
What is the term to describe the tensions between countries that contributed to the Cold War.
The success of the Berlin Airlift solidified the divisions and tensions in Europe, showing the need for a strong defensive alliance among anti-communist countries which led to the signing of
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
How did the Vietnam war end?
What is a cease fire
Both of these major events helped the leaders of each nation (communists and democratic) learn how to work together.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War
What led to more freedom in many Eastern European countries and the Soviet Union breaking up into several different countries.
What is the collapse of the Soviet Union