Policy
The International peacekeeping body created after WWII in 1945, and headquartered in New York City
What is the United Nations?
Winston Churchill's name for the political, economic, and military boundary separating the Soviet-dominated Communist nations of Eastern Europe from the mostly Democratic nations of Western Europe.
What was the Iron Curtain?
The American fear that if Vietnam fell to communism, other countries in Southeast Asia would also become Communist over time.
What was Domino Theory?
The young students who scared the Chinese into following the words of Mao’s Little Red Book
Who were the Red Guard?
The first Cold War communist leader of the USSR. He died of a stroke in the 1950s.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
A military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European nations, the United States, and Canada that supported capitalism and democracy.
What is NATO?
This side of Berlin was deprived of resources for nearly a year (during the Berlin Blockade) by Stalin because of its non-communist government supported by the USA.
What was West Berlin?
This group of Southern Vietnamese communist guerilla fighters that drove out American Forces during the Vietnam War
What was the Vietcong?
He was the leader of North Vietnam that hoped to drive out all foreign rule and interference in Vietnam and unify Vietnam under communism
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
The first communist leader of North Korea.
Who was Kim Il Sung?
The 1987 agreement between U.S. President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev in which both countries eliminated their land-based short and medium-range nuclear missiles.
What was the INF Treaty?
The name of the Soviet satellite that was first in space during the Space Race, leaving the US trailing behind.
What was Sputnik?
This attempted American overthrow of Communist Cuba was carried out by CIA trained Cuban exiles. This was an embarrassment to democracy and the Kennedy Administration.
What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
As a result of the Korean War, this border divides North Communist Korea and South Democratic Korea. It is the most dangerous border in the world.
What is the 38th Parallel?
The American president who supported anti-communist revolutionaries in Cuba in the 1960s.
Who was JFK?
The financial aid of $400 million to Greece and Turkey after World War II to keep them from becoming Communist.
What was the Truman Doctrine?
The economic restructuring of the Soviet Union economy by Gorbachev
What was Perestroika?
During the scary years of the Cold war, this disagreement between Kennedy and Khrushchev lasted 13 days after the US discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba. Eventually, the Soviets pulled the missiles out of Cuba.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
In an effort to compete with the West, Mao Zedong pushed this agricultural revolution from 1958 to 1962. It was a complete disaster as people had little motivation to farm the land. Millions died.
What was the Great Leap Forward?
The Chinese leader who was responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of his people through the communist policies he started
Who was Mao Zedong?
This term describes US policies that tried to stopped the spread of communism during the Cold War. Examples include the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan and Berlin Airlift
What is Containment Policy?
He was the first man to orbit planet earth
Who was Yuri Gagarin?
The USA backed freedom fighters lead by Osama Bin Laden that stopped the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
Who were the Mujahideen?
Today, this Asian communist country is more accepting of capitalism/small businesses after the death of the brutal dictator who was responsible for the Cultural Revolution during the Cold War Years.
What is Modern China?
The final leader of the Soviet Union in the 1980s and 1990s. His policies help lead to its collapse.
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?