Cold War Policies
What was the U.S. foreign policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism through economic aid and military intervention?
What is containment?
What term did Winston Churchill use to describe the division between democratic Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe?
What is the Iron Curtain?
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War?
Who is Joseph Stalin?
What military alliance was formed in 1949 to counter Soviet influence in Europe?
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
What Asian country was divided at the 38th parallel after World War II, leading to war in 1950?
What is Korea?
What U.S. policy pledged support to nations resisting communist takeovers, first applied to Greece and Turkey?
What is the Truman Doctrine?
What economic aid plan helped rebuild Europe after World War II and prevent the spread of communism?
What is the Marshall Plan?
Who was the U.S. president that ordered the Berlin Airlift?
Who is Harry Truman?
What was the Soviet response to NATO, formed in 1955?
What is the Warsaw Pact?
What conflict saw U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia to prevent the spread of communism?What is the Vietnam War?
What is the Vietnam War?
What Cold War policy involved the U.S. and Soviet Union competing in nuclear arms buildup?
What is the arms race?
What crisis occurred when the Soviet Union blocked access to West Berlin, leading to an airlift by the U.S. and its allies?
What is the Berlin Blockade/Airlift?
Who was the communist leader of China after the civil war in 1949?
Who is Mao Zedong?
What international organization was created in 1945 to prevent future global conflicts?
What is the United Nations?
What European country had a revolution in 1956 that was crushed by Soviet forces?
What is the Hungarian Uprising?
What Reagan-era program, nicknamed "Star Wars," was intended to develop a missile defense system?
What is the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
What event in 1962 nearly led to nuclear war between the U.S. and Soviet Union over missiles in Cuba?
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Who was the U.S. president that introduced the policy of détente in the 1970s?
Who is Richard Nixon?
What bank was created to provide financial aid for rebuilding after World War II?
What is the World Bank?
What event in 1989 symbolized the end of communist rule in Eastern Europe?
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
What doctrine declared that the U.S. would support anti-communist movements worldwide?
What is the Reagan Doctrine?
What major Cold War symbol was built in 1961 and later torn down in 1989?
What is the Berlin Wall?
Who was the Soviet leader whose policies of glasnost and perestroika helped end the Cold War?
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
What agreement divided Germany and Berlin into occupation zones after World War II?
What is the Yalta Conference?
What policy change in the Soviet Union helped lead to the collapse of communism?
What is glasnost and perestroika?