Major People
Who was the president of the U.S in this time?
J.F.K
This 1947 policy aimed to stop the spread of communism by helping countries in need.
The Truman document
The Cold War began shortly after the end of this major global war in 1945
WWII
This economic plan helped rebuild Western Europe after WWII
The Cold War was mainly a struggle between democracy and this type of government system
Communism
Who was the leader of the U.S.S.R in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
This 1948-1949 event involved the U.S flying supplies into the blockaded West Berlin
Berlin Airlift
In 1949, this military alliance led by the US was formed
NATO
This alliance was created by the Soviet Union in response to NATO
The Warsaw Pact
This term describes the building up of weapons, especially nuclear arms, by both sides
The Arms Race
This U.S president helped create the policy of containing communism after WWII.
Harry Truman
This 1962 crisis brought the U.S and the Soviet Union close the nuclear war.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched this first artificial satellite into space
Sputnik
This conflict in Southeast Asia was heavily influenced by the Cold War tensions
Vietnam War
This fear of nuclear power led people to build underground shelters/bunkers
Fear of nuclear attack/war
This British Prime Minister gave the famous "Iron Curtain" speech.
Winston Churchill
This Worldwide government organization was formed during the time of the Cold War
NATO
In 1961, this barrier was built to divide a European city
Berlin Wall
This 1950-1953 war happened in Eastern Asia during the time of the Cold War.
The Korean War
This term describes spying and secret operations used by both sides during the Cold War
What is espionage
This soviet leader introduced glasnost and perestroika.
Mikhail Gorbachev
This event in 1989 symbolizes the end of the Cold War when a famous wall was torn down.
The fall of the Berlin Wall
In 1991, the superpower officially collapsed, ending the cold war
The Soviet Union (USSR)
This war happened when the U.S.S.R invaded a country in the middle east causing a war between against the CIA in that country.
Soviet-Afghan War
The idea that suggests that if one country fell to communism, nearby countries would follow
What is the domino theory