US-Soviet Relations
The symbol of the Cold War, coined by Winston Churchill, which divided Western and Eastern Europe into the Western Bloc and the Soviet Bloc
What is the Iron Curtain?
Leader of Cuba following the Communist Revolution
Who is Fidel Castro?
Vietnamese nationalist and communist who led North Vietnamese and Viet Cong guerilla forces against French, Japanese, and U.S. forces
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
Those who criticized/disagreed with (dissented) the Soviet government AND the prison/work camps they were sent to in Siberia, where they most often did not return from
Who are dissidents and what is the gulag?
The major leaders of the Soviet Union AND what the leader is called
Who are Premiers Josef Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, and Mikhail Gorbachev?
Gaining the favor of Western Europe by sending $15 billion worth of aid
What is the Marshall Plan
13 DAYS worth of negotiations between JFK and Nikita Khrushchev after the USSR tried to put missiles on Cuba, the closest the world has ever been to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Capital of Vietnam after reunification, formerly called Saigon as the capital of South Vietnam
What is Ho Chi Minh City?
People who escaped the USSR and denied allegiance to their country, sent to Siberian prison camps if caught
Who are defectors?
U.S. President who ordered a naval blockade of Cuba in 1962 against Soviet missile deliveries and was in 13 days worth of negotiations with Premier Khrushchev. Policy of flexible response.
Who is John F Kennedy
The period of tension between the USSR and the US where they were trying to tackle the "final frontier" that led to the creation of the NASA AND The successful satellite that the Soviets launched in 1957, earning them the first win
What is the Space Race AND what is Sputnik?
Failed CIA operation where American soldiers and Cuban nationals would try to overthrow Fidel Castro, leading to tighter USSR-Cuban relations
What is the Bay of Pigs Incident?
Group of communist rebels who fought against the south Vietnamese, literally short for Vietnamese Communists, who are known for their guerilla warfare tactics
What is the Viet Cong?
Structure completed in 1961 that separated American, French, and British West Berlin from East Berlin and the rest of East Germany
What is the Berlin Wall?
American President who signed an armistice to end fighting in Vietnam after massive public outcry and controversy over the unwinnable war
Who is Richard Nixon?
Type of plane used to capture images for espionage by the Americans AND the pilot who was shot down and caught by the Soviets, leading to heightened tensions
What is a U2 and who was Gary Powers?
American General who led American forces in Korea against communist North Korean forces and advocated for a very harsh and aggressive war, often reigned in by Truman and Eisenhower
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
Trail where the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces used tunnels to launch attacks into the south
What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
Soviet doctrine that stated if any Eastern European nations rebelled, they would put it down
What is the Brezhnev Doctrine?
Cambodian communist dictator responsible for killing over 1 million people in the “Cambodian Killing Fields” of the Cambodian Genocide
Who is Pol Pot?
Theory that if one country "fell" to communism, then surrounding countries would also become communist. Linked to containment theory, where communism is "contained" to areas that are already communist
What is domino theory?
Division still in place today between communist dictatorship North Korea and democratic South Korea
What is the 38th Parallel?
Waters near North Vietnam where US navy ships were located and falsely claimed to be attacked on a dark and stormy night, where fighting began and troops were sent over
What is the Gulf of Tonkin?
What is the Berlin Wall?
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