Superpowers face off
Two superpowers at the end of WWII
Soviet Union and the United States
United States and Soviet Union faced off between these two types of government
Communism VS Democracy
China
when one country falls to communism others will follow
Domino Theory
This iconic symbol was destroyed at the end of the war
Berlin Wall
This lasted from 1947-1991
Cold War
The United States’ policy to stop the spread of communism
Policy of Containment
modernize the country's agricultural sector using communist economic ideologies
Great Leap Forward
the line that separates North Korea from South Korea
DMZ at 38th paralell
The new leader of the soviet union
Mikail Gerbashekv
The Soviet leader believed in this type of government
Totalitarianism
President Truman’s policy that offered US military aid to ANY country trying to resist “political oppression” became known as
Truman Doctrine
This generation supported the Cultural Revolution in China
Young people
Rebel fighters in North Korea
Viet Cong
The period of time where the soviet and united states raced each other to have the most weapons
Nuclears arms race
An invisible line that separated the Soviet Union and communist Eastern Europe from capitalist Western Europe
Iron Curtain
The United States sent over $12 billion to European countries to rebuild after WWII under this plan
Marshall Plan
Collective farms formed during the Great leap forward
Leader of communism in North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
the height of tension in Cold war between the US and Soviet
Cuban Missile Crisis
The conference that Split Germany and its capital, Berlin, into 4 sections
Yalta Conference
The Allies successfully stopped the Soviet Union’s 11 month blockade of Berlin in 1949 was known as
The Berlin Airlift
widespread chaos that closed down factories and threatened farm production
Cultural Revolution
1968 North Vietnamese troops attacked the South in a surprise daring attack during a Vietnamese holiday.
Tet offensive
The Year the Soviet Union Fell
1991