Ideology and Policy
Key Events
Nuclear Arms
Space Race
Proxy Wars
100
This was a period (time) of geopolitical tension and confrontation between the Soviet Union and United States.
The Cold War
100
A crisis from June 1948 when Soviet forces blockaded land and railway access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin. The U.S. response was to bring food and fuel in via airplanes!
The Berlin Airlift
100
Competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
Nuclear Arms Race
100
The Soviet launch of this satellite in 1957 marked the beginning of the Space Race
Sputnik
100
a proxy war between North Korea (supported by the Soviet Union and China) and the United States supporting South Korea
The Korean War
200
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.
Capitalism
200
A confrontation over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba, which brought the world close to nuclear war.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
200
The idea that both superpowers possessed enough nuclear weapons to destroy each other, deterring direct conflict.
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
200
What two major world powers were involved in the Space Race?
The United States and Soviet Union.
200
A long, costly, and divisive conflict in Southeast Asia that escalated into a larger war following the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. over 50,000 U.S. soldiers would be killed in action.
The Vietnam War
300
A policy in which the U.S. would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
Truman Doctrine
300
A collective defense treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe
Warsaw Pact
300
Powered by nuclear fission this process meant the splitting or combining of atoms?
Splitting of Atoms
300
Competition to achieve significant technological milestones, including Sputnik
Space Race
300
This event marked a confrontation over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba, which brought the world close to nuclear war.
Cuban Missile Crisis
400
A plan meant to rebuild war-torn regions, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, improve European prosperity and prevent the spread of communism.
Marshall Plan
400
Founded in 1949, starting with 10 countries from Europe and North America with the responsibilities to protect the people and territory of its members nations.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
400
These weapons were anywhere from 100 times to 1000+ times larger that the atomic bombs used in the Second World War.
Thermonuclear Bombs
400
The U.S. program by NASA developed to put men on the moon.
The Apollo Program
400
The failed attempt by US-backed Cuban exiles to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro
The Bay of Pigs
500
A political theory, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
Communism
500
Pictured here, this U.S. plane was responsible for what type of mission?
Reconnaissance (Intelligence gathering)
500
The main purpose of the Nuclear Arms Race was to establish military dominance in the world
Prevent the use of nuclear weapons
500
The first living creature in orbit was a: Dog, Cat, Monkey, Human?
Dog!
Laika, a Moscow street dog and one of the most famous in earth's history.
500
The U.S. and the Soviet Union fought indirectly in proxy wars to
Avoid direct military engagement