Proxy Wars
The United States fought against this country in a Proxy War from 1964-1973, while the Soviet Union backed this country with weapons and financial aid.
What is North Vietnam?
The Big Three that won World War II
What are Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States?
France, Great Britain, West Germany, the United States, and several other countries formed this geographically titled Treaty Organization.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
This plan was named for the American Secretary of State who believed that giving financial Aid to the countries of Western Europe was good strategy for stopping the spread of Communism
What was the Marshall Plan?
These two presidents Made speeches near the Berlin Wall to protest the lack of Freedom for people in East Berlin and East Germany in general.
Who are John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan
This theory caused the United States to view Vietnam as an important strategic area in containing communism as early as the 1950s
What was the Domino Theory?
United States' official policy after World War II: to give military assistance to any country that is in danger of having a Communist government take over.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
The peaceful communication between JFK and Nikita Kruschev during this conflict helped the two superpowers eventually work together to achieve peace.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)?
The American and British response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948.
What was the Berlin Airlift?
The UN Security Council approved this military action only after the Soviet Union walked out of the UN meeting in protest.
What was the Korean War (1950-1953)?
These Meetings, or Conferences, were held to determine how the Allies would split up the land held by the Axis powers.
What is the Yalta Conference, and the Potsdam Conference?
This part of the Cold War centered on the building the most destructive bombs in order to deter the other side from launching their bombs.
What was the "Arms Race"?
This event was the symbolic end of the Cold War.
What was the fall of the Berlin Wall?
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
The Military trust of the United Nations was set up in 1948. This group would use UN military force to keep peace if each of the 5 countries were unanimous in their desire to use force.
What is the UN Security Council?
US President, Richard Nixon, and USSR Premier, Leonid Breszhnev, agreed to limit the number of Nuclear weapons in their arsenal at these negotiations.
What was SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty)?
This Soviet policy, supported by Michail Gorbachev, called for more open Political Discussion within the Soviet Union.
What is Glasnost?
The Korean War was fought over this line of Latitude from 1950-1953. After the war, the border remained at this same line.
What is the 38th Parallel?
Easing/Relaxing of tensions between the United States and the USSR.
What was "detente"?
The United States funded the Guerilla rebels in this country in an attempt to contain the Soviet Union from expanding its Communist influence.
What is Afghanistan?
This Soviet policy called for Economic reform in the 1980's.
What is Perestroika?