Cold War Vocabulary
A war with no Direct Fighting
What is the Cold War
An invasion from American supported troops on a small island in the Caribbean sea
What is the Bay of Pigs invasion
President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis
NAME of the first mammal sent into space *Soviet
Who is Laika
The School Mr. Haran is attending for Graduate School
Where is SUNY New Paltz
A metaphorical divide between communist and non communist Europe
What is the Iron Curtain?
An allied response to blockaded city in Eastern Germany
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Side of GERMANY aligned with the Soviet Union After WW2
Who's Birthday is today in Ms. O'Connor's life
Who is her Daughter Shea
Preventing communism from spreading
What is the policy of Containment
What is the Arms Race
Who is Fidel Castro
A time in American history where people feared a communist takeover
What is The Red Scare?
What is Mrs. O'Connor's favorite color
What is Purple
A speech which outlines the Military support for countries fighting communism by way of military support
What is the Truman Doctrine?
What is the Space Race?
A US. Senator who led the charge for suspected communists in the U.S
A political campaign in the United States targeting suspected Communists
What is McCarthyism ?
What is the color of Mr. Haran's car
Silver
A theory that one country falling to communism would cause others to fall as well.
What is The Domino Theory
Support for a Nation being invaded from the North
What is the Korean War?
U.S President who introduced Containment
Who is Harry Truman
A region established by the United Nations following the end of the British Mandate
What is the Nation of Israel
What was Mr. Haran's personal favorite topic from History to learn about
Irish Potato Famine