Relations bewteen U.S. & U.S.S.R
People
Key Terms
Atomic Anxiety
Kennedy
100
The name given to the relationship that developed primarily between the USA and the USSR after World War Two.
What is The Cold War
100
The first president of the Cold War who happens to be from Missouri.
Who is Harry S. Truman
100
The goal to stop Communism from spreading.
What is containment
100
bunkers built under ground to protect families from a nuclear holocaust
What are bomb shelters
100
The man who assassinated John F. Kennedy.
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald
200
The soviet blockade of West Berlin
What is Berlin Blockade
200
The ruthless dictator of Russia throughout WWII and the beginning of the Cold War
Who is Josef Stalin
200
The theory that if one country falls to Communism, then all the surrounding countries will follow.
What is Domino Theory
200
The first man made sattelite launched into space.
What is Sputnik
200
the country where JFK prevented the Russia from installing Misiles
What is Cuba
300
An imaginary barrier that seperates East Europe from West Europe
What is Iron Curtain
300
The President during the Cuban Misile Crisis.
Who is John F. Kennedy
300
When American jets flew in food and supplies to blockaded Berliners
What is Berlin Airlift
300
A program developed to explore outer space
What is NASA
300
JFK's wife and the First Lady of the White House
Who is Jacqueline Kennedy
400
A international peace keeping organization made up by countries from all over the world
What is NATO
400
The Communist Dictator of Cuba
Who is Fidel Castro
400
What does NATO stand for
What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization
400
Harmful particles of radioactive material produced by nuclear explosions.
What is nuclear fallout
400
JFK's younger brother and Attorney Gerneral of the US.
Who is Robert Kennedy
500
An alliance of Communist countries that served to challenge NATO.
What is The Warsaw Pact
500
The President who pulled America out of Korea and built Route 66.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower
500
A line that devides North Korea and South Korea. It is still ebing gaurded to this day, more than 50 years later.
What is the 38th parallel
500
The fusing together of hydrogen atoms created this new weapon of mass destructionShelters
What is the Hydrogen Bomb
500
an attempt by Cuban exiles in Southern Cuba to overthrow the Cuban Socialist Goverment
What is Bay of Pigs Invasion
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