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A United States senator that spread the scare of communism in the U.S.
Joseph McCarthy
A conflict between the North and South Vietnamese; the United States got involved to help South Vietnamese in spreading communism.
Vietnam War
Not technically a war; tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Cold War
Which British prime minister came up with the phrase the "iron curtain"?
Winston Churchill
Who controlled West Berlin and who controlled East Berlin
East Berlin – Soviet Union
West Berlin – United States
How long did the Berlin Airlift last?
11 months
Where the United States airplanes delivered supplies to West Berlin every day for 321 days.
Berlin Airlift
A type of government where people vote for representatives to make laws.
Democracy
Which term means making charges against a person without any real evidence?
McCarthyism
A type of government where the government controls business and laws.
Communism
Who disobeyed orders and remained in South Korea?
Douglas MacArthur
Soviet Union leader after Joseph Stalin; he was responsible for the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Nikita Khrushchev?
How did the Korean War end?
stale-mate or neither side won, it was a tie.
An organization formed to help prevent the spread of communism among free nations.
NATO
A conflict between North Korea and South Korea that ended in stalemate.
Korean War
A free market where business owners control the economy.
Capitalism
The two world powers that had the most control world-wide post WWII
United States and Soviet Union
What is the thought that if one country fell to communism, then other countries would fall soon after?
Domino Theory
An invisible divide between countries that supported communism and countries that supported democracy.
Iron Curtain
When the United States discovered the Soviet Union was building missile launching pads in Cuba and President Kennedy blocked any Soviet Union ships from getting to Cuba.
Cuban Missile Crisis
The dividing line between North and South Korea both before and after the Korean War.
38th parallel
During the Berlin Airlift, the United States dropped supplies by __________?
Airplane
What was the result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
both sides agreed that nuclear war would be a disaster and called off the arms race