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Why is the Cold War cold?
The U.S. and the Soviet Union never fought each other directly.
This is an international alliance that was initially signed by the U.S., Canada, and 10 European Countries as a pledge to defend each other.
NATO
During which conference did the U.S. and Soviet Union realize that they had serious ideological differences on how to rule societies?
Communist leader Joseph Stalin's main opponent would be...
President Harry S. Truman
Warsaw Pact
This is a metaphor used by Winston Churchill to describe the disconnect of travel, trade, and communication between Western and Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
Iron Curtain
What is the $economic$ system where people are allowed to own property, open businesses, and experience a free market?
Capitalism
At this conference, the basis for the United Nations was talked about. The talk happened in a mansion known as?
What is the $economic$ system in which the government controls what is made and how much is made by the people to benefit themself and not the people?
Socialism
Which leaders were considered to be "The Big Three" at conferences held toward the end and after World War 2?
Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D Roosevelt.
President Truman created this organization to review and investigate those who were suspected of un-American activities during the Second Red Scare.
Loyalty Review Boards
Following WW2, Germany was divided into occupation zones for the 2 purposes of?
Rebuilding and Reeducation
This law provides financial assistance and military advice to support any country fighting communism during the Cold War until 1989.
Truman Doctrine
Who was the original philosopher and economist who created the idea of communism?
Karl Marx (published in 1848)
This plan appropriated $12 billion U.S. dollars as aid to be given to war-torn countries in Europe to ensure a speedy recovery.
Marshall Plan
When the Allied occupation zones in Germany merged, the Soviet Union responded with the-
Berlin Blockade
CIA- trained Cuban exiles attempted an invasion in Cuba and was seen as a ginormous FAIL
The Bay of the Pigs Invasion
McCarthyism
Under President Kennedy, this was the CLOSEST the world has ever gotten to a nuclear war...
The Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the promise that Stalin made at the Yalta Conference and did not keep?
Free elections in Poland
What was the name of the Soviet concentration camps that held prisoners in the frozen lands of Siberia?
Gulags
What law was established in the Monroe Doctrine of 1823?
Warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization in the western world/our side of the globe.
The U.S. and Soviet Union tried to one-up each other in multiplying more ____ and reaching _____. (Races)
Nuclear weapons, space.
The U-2 Incident was...
American spy plane was discovered and shot down by the Soviet government, increasing Cold War tensions.
What are two psychological components that citizens should grow to avoid an extreme ideological takeover in America?
1) Self Awareness 2) Emotional Regulation