Cold War Beginnings
The name of the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union that took place following the end of WWII through to the early 1990s.
What was The Cold War?
The "half" of Korea occupied and influenced by the Soviets before and during the Cold War, paving the way for a strict dictatorship that remains in tact to this day.
What is North Korea?
The competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to see who could build and equip themselves with the biggest, baddest, and most dangerous weapons.
What is the arms race?
The President of the United States during the beginning of the Korean War
Who is Harry Truman?
Nations controlled by the Soviet Union.
What are "satellite nations?"
Policy preventing the spread of Communism and restricting it to the borders of the Soviet Union.
What is containment?
The competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to put a man into orbit and therefore prove their dominance as most scientifically advanced.
What is the space race?
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
What is the atomic bomb?
The line that cuts Korea into two "halves".
What is the 38th Parallel?
The Soviet leader following the death of Joseph Stalin.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
The leader of the Soviet Union who insisted that Germany be divided into fractions post-WWII.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
The name of the plan to help re-build war-torn European nations following the end of WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
The once-beloved WWII general who led soldiers once again in the Korean War, but would be fired due to insubordination by President Truman.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
The two countries Truman addresses specifically in Source 1 on our Common Assessment.
What is Greece and Turkey?
The President of Egypt who tried to use the Cold War rivalry between the U.S. and Soviet Union to his advantage.
Who was Nasser? / Who was Gamal Abdel Nasser?
What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
The name of the country that fell to Communism BEFORE the Korean War. This country threatened to attack the United States if the Americans did invade North Korea.
What is Communist China?
The first artificial satellite launched into space and the country that launched it.
What is Sputnik I and the Soviet Union?
The lieutenant who participated in enforcing the Marshall Plan, known for his kindness to children.