Post WWII
This is the idea that people of their own countries should be allowed to choose their own government and leaders.
what is Self-Determination?
A state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare
What is a cold war?
The United States supported this country in the Korean War.
What is South Korea?
The year of the Communist revolution in Cuba
What is 1959?
Paranoid, brutal communist dictator of Soviet Union.
Who is Stalin or Joseph Stalin?
This was the first of the two postwar conferences held in February 1945 in the Soviet Union.
what is Yalta?
The Allies after WWII divided Germany into four zones of this
what is occupation?
This was the theory that said if one country fell to communism, it's neighboring countries could too.
What is the domino theory?
The discovery of Soviet-made nuclear missiles on Cuba became known as this
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
President of the United States during World War II and attends Yalta conference
Who is Roosevelt or Franklin Roosevelt or FDR?
The 'Big Three' at Yalta were Franklin Roosevelt of the USA, Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union, and this guy from Britain.
Who is Churchill or Winston Churchill?
The imaginary line in Germany dividing the free world from the communist world.
What is Iron Curtain?
This communist country supported North Korea in the Korean War
What is China?
Decision President Kennedy makes about the situation in Cuba
What is a blockade?
President who attended Potsdam conference in Germany and responsible for adopting the policy of containment against communism.
Who is Truman or Harry Truman?
This organization was created after World War II to mediate between countries and resolve crises.
What is the United Nations?
What the United States did in response to the Soviets cutting off access to West Berlin
What is airlift?
This is what it is called when a war ends with neither side winning. Also known as a truce.
What is a stalemate?
Place where the USA had supported an attempt to overthrow Castro and the communists
What is the Bay of Pigs?
President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is kennedy, john f. kennedy, or JFK?
At the Potsdam conference, Soviet leader Stalin went back on his promise to the Americans to allow this in Eastern Europe.
What are free elections?
This was the group of countries in Eastern Europe who fell under Soviet influence and became communist governments.
What is the Eastern bloc?
The Korean War was an example of this because bigger countries became involved at the request of North and South Korea
What is a proxy war?
Term that means agreeing to something in order to improve a situation
What are concessions?
anti-american, communist leader of Cuba
Who is castro or fidel castro?