Twelve western countries have a pact to support each other; some gain strength from the USA’s nuclear capability
NATO
200
leader of the USSR during the cuban missile crisis & space race
Nikita Khrushchev
200
The Berlin Wall came down in (year)
1989
200
competition that led to satellites and the nuclear arms race
space race
200
economic system in which small farms are often joined together in collectives, which the state and the farmers own together
collectivism
300
President of the US when the Berlin wall came down
Ronald Reagan
300
Was in effect from 1948-1949, cutting West Berlin off from supplies from the East in an attempt to force them to fall to Soviet control
Berlin Blockade
300
The Big Three discussed the future of Poland, German reparations & UN after WWII ended
Yalta Conference
300
containment at all costs
Truman doctrine
400
Leader of Britain at the beginning of the Cold War
Winston Churchill
400
built in 1961, split the city: symbol of the cold war to the world
Berlin Wall
400
show-down of power, brought fear of WWIII; USSR has nuclear weapons 90 miles from the USA
Cuban missile crisis
400
Financial aid given to rebuild if you buy from the USA
Marshall Plan
500
Leader who created the policies of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (economic reform) in the USSR, helped ease tension with the West and end the Cold War
Mikhail Gorbachev
500
conflict in early 1950s to prevent communism, divided this country in half, ended in armistice
Korean war
500
Countries that faced potential communist takeovers in 1947, Truman gave resources to help governments defeat communism
Greece and Turkey
500
Foreign policy in which a nation develops a weapons arsenal so deadly that another nation will not attack