The competition between nations regarding the spread of either Capitalism or Communism
What is the Cold War?
This European nation was divided immediately after WWII and was later reunited in 1990.
What is Germany?
This war ended in a stalemate at the 38th parallel
What is the Korean War?
The communist country that U.S. was most afraid of during the Cold War.
What is the USSR or the Soviet Union or Russia?
This man was leader of the Chinese Communists
Mao Zedong
Winston Churchill used this phrase to describe how Eastern Europe was divided from Western Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
This plan gave economic assistance to European countries resisting communism after WWII.
What is the Marshall plan?
this organization carried out secret operations in other countries during the Cold War
Central Intelligence Agency
This Asian country fell to Communism in 1949, and aided North Korea during the Korean War
What is China?
This President favored limited warfare in Korea
Harry S. Truman
The country that was trying to contain communism.
What is the U.S.?
This event saw the United States and other European nations bring food and supplies to a German city when the Soviets blocked ground transportation to that city.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This was the name given when the USSR cut off all communication and ground transportation to the West side of a the German capital.
What is the Berlin Blockade?
This is the term given to the widespread fear of communism in the US after WWII.
What is the (second) Red Scare?
This WW2 American military officer served as our 34th president from 1953-1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
This was the term given when the US and the Soviet Union competed to stockpile the largest amount of nuclear weapons
What is the Arms Race?
Name the German city that was divided into Soviet, American, British and French controlled sections after WWII.
What is Berlin?
The line between North Korea and South Korea is called ___________. It is also the location of the DMZ (demilitarized zone).
What is the 38th parallel?
The Truman Doctrine and the policy of ______established the strategy of keeping communism within its existing borders.
Containment
Soviet revolutionary who led the USSR from 1924-1953.
Joseph Stalin
In response to NATO, the Soviet Union created their own international military organization to counter-act what the US and other western nations were doing during the Cold War.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This multinational military organization was created for the purpose of mutual defense and collective security for the western European nations. It is still around today
What is NATO?
When Communist troops from the northern part of this country attacked the southern part of this country (which was democratic), the US and UN troops intervened.
What is Korea?
Theory that if one nation falls to communism, its neighbors will fall.
What is Domino Theory?
This man led a witchhunt against suspected communists and ruined many people's careers and reputations. His baseless accusations were exposed and he was humiliated. He died of alcoholism 3 years later.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?