Events Leading to Cold War
After WWII, this country was first divided into four zones occupied by the Allies and then later split into two separate countries.
Germany
This U.S. plan helped rebuild Western European countries economically after the devastation of WWII and encouraged these countries to resist communism.
Marshall Plan
In this proxy war conflict, the U.S. was unable to prevent the Communists from overtaking the entire country and proved the "domino effect".
Vietnam War
During the Cold War, Americans practiced "duck and cover" nuclear attack drills, and many built these under or near their homes.
bomb shelters
President during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
John F. Kennedy
As part of the terms of surrender in WWII, this country had to agree to U.S. occupation and to form a democratic government.
Japan
This policy directly offered military, economic and political support to democratic countries threatened by communist countries.
Truman Doctrine
In this proxy war conflict, the result was a stalemate in which the northern part of the country stayed communist and the southern part of the country remained a democracy.
Korean War
The term used for the explosive population growth after WWII and during the first part of the Cold War.
Baby boom
Married couple executed for spying during the Cold War.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
This organization was formed after WWII to try to create lasting peace and international cooperation.
United Nations
President Eisenhower's policy to meet any military attack by the Soviet Union with equal or greater force.
Massive Retaliation
During this conflict, the Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles 90 miles off the U.S. coast.
Cuban Missile Crisis
G.I. Bill
President who started the policy of detente, or a lessoning of tensions, during the Cold War.
Richard Nixon
This organization was a military alliance intended to defend against the spread of communism in Europe after WWII.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The concept of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. indirectly fighting against each other's ideologies through involvement in wars between other countries such as in Korea and Vietnam.
During this conflict, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. competed to prove superiority in science and technology.
Space Race
The term used to describe the fear that communism would take over the U.S. during the early days of the Cold War.
Red Scare
First man to walk on the moon.
Neil Armstrong
This organization was formed in response to a pro-democracy alliance and was intended to defend European communist countries.
Warsaw Pact
The primary U.S. foreign policy objective during the Cold War.
contain communism
During this conflict, the U.S. unsuccessfully supported Cuban exiles who wished to restore democracy to Cuba.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The term used to describe politically motivated, generally false accusations of citizens being communists.
McCarthyism
U.S. president credited with helping to end the Cold War.
Ronald Reagan