Post WW2
Churchill in 1946 in Missouri delivered this ideological speech.
What is Iron Curtain?
A military alliance between 30 European and North American countries.
NATO
This country was wear a war took place in order to prevent the spread of communism.
Where is Vietnam
The 35th president of the United States
Who is John F. Kennedy
A guarded concrete barrier that seperated Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
What is Berlin Wall?
51 countries committed to maintaining peace
What is United Nations?
A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union where they came closest to nuclear conflict.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
this war lasted from 1979-1989 in Afghanistan.
Soviet Afghanistan War
led the Soviet Union Communist Party from 1953 to 1964
Who is Nikita Khrushchev
A failed attempt made by Communist leaders of the Soviet Union to take control of the country
A guarded concrete barrier.
What is the Berlin Wall?
An increased openness and transparency in government actions in the Soviet Union
What is glasnost?
This also tried to fight the Cold War by demonstrating their power and technology.
Space Race
A Chinese communist revolutionary
Who is Mao Zedong
A political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s
What is Perestroika
The process of eradicating this certain dictator from memory or influence.
What is de-stalinization?
The Soviet Union and U.S were eager to launch these before the other.
What is satellites?
This country is at war supported by the republic of China with the financial support of the Soviet Union.
Where is Korea?
The eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev
This was using methods of civil resistance to advance the causes of workers' rights and social change
What is solidarity
An American foreign policy where they provided any assistance necessary to prevent the spread of communism.
What is the Truman Policy?
the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city
What is Berlin Airlift?
The U.S. helped Israel survived a coordinated and surprise attack from the Soviet-backed Arab Republic of Egypt
The Yom Kippur War
This president escalated the U.S. presence in Vietnam in order to stop the spread of Communism
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
A polish primeminister who contributed in the collapse of the USSR.
Who is Lech Walesa?