The event that introduced the nuclear bomb to the world stage, and started the nuclear arms race between the USA and the USSR
What was the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
100
British prime minister during the Cold War. Famous for being a political hardliner.
Who was Margaret Thatcher?
100
The unofficial border between the west and east in Europe during the Cold War
What was the Iron Curtain?
100
A revolt against the American backed regime in Cuba that would create enormous between the USA and the new communist government. Would eventually lead to a trade embargo that lasted over 50 years, as well as two major political crises in the early 1960's.
What was the Cuban revolution?
100
The day the Vietnam War began.
What was November 1st 1955?
200
Very controversial assassination of the President of the USA in 1963
What was the JFK assassination?
200
The Successor of Franklin Roosevelt.
Who was Harry S. Truman?
200
Compromising your political stance in order to avoid armed conflict.
What is Appeasement
200
An event that would start the unification of East and West Germany. It was a big blow to the USSR.
What was the fall of the Berlin Wall?
200
The day the first hydrogen bomb was detonated
What was 1. of November 1952
300
A confrontation between the USA and the USSR concerning placement of nuclear weapons.
What was the Cuban missile crisis?
300
Russian politician who lead the USSR from 1958 until 1964. Led the de-Stalinization of the USSR. Relatively liberal in terms of domestic politics.
Who was Nikita Krushchev?
300
Term that explains why the USA and the USSR were unable to use their nuclear weapons against each other out of fear of retaliation.
What is MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)?
300
Meeting on the Crimean peninsula in eastern Ukraine between Churchill, Stalin and FDR to decide how to divide Europe after WWII. The start of the Cold War, even though WWII was not yet over.
What was The Yalta Conference?
300
The day Die Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR) was established.
What was the 7. of October 1949?
400
Soviet union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control.
What was the Berlin Blockade?
400
Hungarian Prime Minister from 1988 to 1990. Made the controversial decision to allow East German refugees to enter Hungary, which is credited with contributing to the fall of the Berlin Wall
Who is Miklós Németh?
400
US. foreign policy to prevent the spread of communism throughout the world.
What is Containment?
400
The 2 ideologies which caused friction between the USA and the USSR.
What are Capitalism and Communism?
400
The day The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was established.
What was the 4. of April 1949?
500
The European Recovery program ERP. An American initiative to aid Western Europe by giving approximately 13 billion dollars in aid.
What was The Marshall Plan?
500
Very aggressive general during the cold war who initiated the Berlin Airlift.
Who was Curtis LeMay?
500
The belief that if the countries in close proximity to the USSR fall into communism, soon other countries will follow suit.
What is the Domino effect?
500
An event which started the space race between the USA and the USSR, which ended with the moon landing in 1969.
What was the launch of Sputnik?
500
The day the Warsaw Pact was founded as a Communist military counterpart to NATO.