Terms
A political system where the government controls all aspects of the economy (Soviet Union).
What is Communism?
Served as President of the United States from 1961-1963, helped solve the Cuban Missile Crisis in response to the uprising of communist Cuban leader, Fidel Castro.
Who is John F. Kennedy (JFK)?
New country created following the Chinese Revolution in 1949.
What is Taiwan?
The year of the Cuban Missile Crisis, lasting a total of 13 days in October of ____.
When was 1962?
This invention revolutionized the American peoples lives, especially how people would get news and become connected to the rest of the world.
What is Television (TV?
Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, where the Soviet Union made significant gains over the US until we landed the first man on the moon in 1969.
What was the Space Race?
Leader of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold War.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
These countries acted as 'buffer' states between East and West Europe, preventing a western invasion into the Soviet Union.
What are Satelite States?
The United States provided aid to West Berlin after the Soviet Union cut off supplies through land.
What was the Berlin Airlift?
Following the end of World War II, the Allied powers split Germany up into this many occupied zones.
What is 4 zones?
A political system where individuals can own private property and practice a Free Market economy (United States).
What is Capitalism?
Leader of the communist party in China who ousted the Nationalist government.
Who was Mao Zedong?
The name of this imaginary divide between East and West Europe, splitting up Berlin.
What is the Iron Curtain?
During JFKs term as president, the United States sent troops to this Southeast Asian country, following the rise of the communist party. Troops would remain here until 1973.
What was the Vietnam War?
On May 20th, 2002, the best teacher ever was born.
Who is Ms. Wyrick?
A United States foreign policy passed by President Truman, to keep communism from spreading out of East Europe.
What is Containment?
Served as the US Attorney General from 1961-1964, he would run for president in 1968 but would be assassinated after winning the California presidential primary.
Who was Bobby Kennedy?
The name of the line splitting North and South Korea following the signing of the armistice in 1953.
What is the DMZ/38th Parallel?
Decades long comptetion between the United States and the Soviet Union that led to the creation of over 70,000 nuclear warheads exsisitng by 1989.
What was the Nuclear Arms Race?
Names of the military alliances formed during the Cold War amongst euopean countires.
What were the NATO and Warsaw Pacts?
Term to define when two larger countries support local or third-party combatants (smaller countries) to fight on their behalf (ex. Korea, Vietnam)
What is a proxy war?
The Watergate scandal pushed the US president to resign rather than face impeachment by Congress.
Who was Richard Nixon?
4 students were killed when the Ohio National Guard opened fire at an anti-war protest on campus.
What was the Kent State Shooting?
This type of bomb was first tested by the United States, who were trying to create a nuclear weapon stronger than the atomic bombs.
What was the Hydrogen bomb?
The Cold War lasted from 1945-1991 and saw a total of ____ Presidents of the United States (Hint: Starts with Truman).
What is 9 Presidents?