The Yalta Conference
These leaders (The Big Three) met at the Yalta Conference in February, 1945
Who are Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin?
The U.S. was most afraid of this communist country
What is the Soviet Union (USSR) or Russia?
The President of the United States after WWII
Who is Harry S. Truman?
Containing communism sometimes did turn into this
What are Proxy Wars?
This US division tried to overthrow Castro in 1961
Who is the CIA?
This city was divided into Soviet, American, British and French controlled sections after WWII
What is Berlin?
Theory that if one nation falls, its neighbors will fall
What is the Domino Theory?
This President was in office when the United States came the closest to Nuclear War
Who is John F. Kennedy?
The Korean war started in this year
What is 1950?
Exiled Cubans and CIA operatives attempted to land on this bay
What is the Bay of Pigs?
Germany was divided into 4 occupation areas that were held by these 4 countries
The United States and other European nations brought food and supplies when the Soviets blocked ground transportation to that city
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This Cuban leader took part in the Cuban Revolution and overthrew Fulgencio Batista's
Who is Fidel Castro?
The latitude line separating North and South Korea
What is the 38th Parallel?
The distance between Cuba and Florida
What is 90 miles?
The Yalta Conference was held in
What is Yalta, Ukraine?
This plan gave economic assistance to European countries after WWII
What is the Marshall plan?
President when the cease-fire ended military combat in Korea
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
The Korean War started when this country invade South Korea
Who is North Korea?
Nuclear missile instillations were discovered in Cuba by this airplane
What is the U2?
Churchill used this phrase to refer to Eastern Europe being under the control of the Soviet Union
What is the Iron Curtain?
This American politician is known for alleging that numerous Communist and Soviet spies infiltrated the United States federal government
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This man was the Soviet Union's leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
He desperately wanted to invade China after their involvement in the Korean War
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
The United States had to remove nuclear missiles from this country
What is Turkey?