Beginning of Cold War
These two countries began the Cold War.
What is the United States and the Soviet Union?
A concrete divider to separate East Berlin from West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This line of latitude separated North and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel?
The U.S. and the Soviet Union emerged as this after World War II.
What are superpowers?
U.S. policy that gave aid to Western European countries by the United States to stop the spread of communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
After World War II this country became the world's most powerful nation.
What is the United States?
After the war the United States joined with Western European countries to form this alliance.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? or NATO?
The current leader of North Korea.
Who is Kim Jung Un?
This competition came to an end with the collapse of the Soviet Union.
What is the arms race?
This Wisconsin senator accused hundreds of citizens of being communist.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
President Truman's Cold War policy.
What is containment?
After World War II, this peace organization was created.
What is the United Nations? Or UN?
This country said it would not "sit back with folded hands" if the United States invaded North Korea.
What is China?
This program was created to compete with the Soviet Union for space exploration.
What is NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)?
Being sent away from a country.
What is exile?
Winston Churchill said that this would descend across the continent of Europe.
What is the iron curtain?
This organization was created for communist nations.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
The abbreviation is DMZ.
What is the Demilitarized Zone.?
The Soviet Union attempted to place weapons close to the United States.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
These discussions attempted to limit the possession of weapons between countries.
What is Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)?
In 1957, the Soviet Union was under the leadership of this person who placed the first satellite into space.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
Became communist leader of China in 1949.
Who is Mao Zedong?
This United States general commanded the troops in Korea.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
A time period where the Soviet Union and the United States began to get along after the Cold War.
What is detente?
This husband and wife were arrested on suspicion of espionage in America.
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?