He gave the famous "Iron Curtain" speech, suggesting that dividing Europe between the allies would lead to problems.
Who is Winston Churchill?
100
An economic system that believes in free enterprise and social mobility. It creates social classes and "have's vs. have not's."
What is Capitalism?
100
When the US gave Cuban rebels weapons and trained them to start a revolution against Castro.
What is The Bag of Pigs?
100
This alliance was founded in response to capitalist nations' alliance.
What is Warsaw Pact.
100
This action by Cuba proved that the US was "winner" of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
What is turning ships with missiles around/removing missiles from Cuba.
200
He wrote the "Communist Manifesto" with Freidrich Engels.
Who is Karl Marx.
200
A political and economic ideology that was created in response to the shortcomings of capitalism. The founders found that the workers in the factory did not receive "their fair share" of the profit in capitalism, so they advocated this new system.
What is Communism?
200
When the CIA noticed nuclear missiles stationed in Cuba it sparked this conflict.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
200
These leaders met at the Yalta Conference.
Who are FDR, Churchill, and Stalin?
200
The agreement that ended the Vietnam War and achieved "Peace with honor."
What is the Paris Peace Accords?
300
He was the leader of Russian AFTER the fall of the Soviet Union.
Who is Yeltsin?
300
The belief that if one nation fell to communism, its neighboring countries would fall to communism too.
What is the Domino Theory?
300
When the US sent military aid and supplies to Berlin to help citizens following the destruction of WWII. This event was seen as the "beginning" of the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
300
This was created to help Greece and Turkey remain allies of democracy rather than communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
300
The name of the space craft that was successfully launched into Earth's orbit. It put the USSR ahead of the US in the "space race."
What is Sputnik?
400
His policy attempted to justify Soviet force against nations in the Soviet Bloc that tried to break away from communism. His policy justified the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Who is Brezhnev?
400
The US' policy of preventing the spread of communism following the end of WWII.
What is Containment?
400
The recovery plan that took place between 1948-1952 that gave Western European nations money to rebuild themselves so they would not fall to communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
400
The number of Western allies that founded NATO. They agreed that if one nation was attacked by communist aggressors, the others would jump in to help preserve its democracy.
What is 12?
400
When this came down, it meant that democracy and capitalism had won the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?
500
The US misunderstood his desire for unification was greater than his desire for communism. He would not give up the fight for unifying his country, even after years of fighting.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
500
This is a Russian term for "openness." It actually led to the fall of the USSR and ethnic struggles because it allowed people to speak their mind.
What is glasnost?
500
What the North Vietnamese army crossed that officially started the Vietnam War.
What is the 38th parallel?
500
In the aftermath of perestroika and glasnost, the Soviet Union fought to keep this country in its power due to its rich oil fields even though it fought to secede.
What is Chechnya?
500
The place where the armistice that ended the Korean War was signed.