Alliances and Ideas
a military treaty and association between the United States and European countries for collective defense.
NAto
An invisiable barrier that showed division between Communist and Non-Communist Europe
Iron Curtain
What organization runs the U.S. space program?
NASA
How did the Cold War affect everyday life?
People feared nuclear war, practiced drills, and lived with pollical tension
USA gave 13 $billion to help war-torn Europe to countries that were threatened by Communism
The Marshall Plan
The following countries Soviet Union, East Germany,
Poland, and Czechoslovakia are part of what pact?
Warsaw Pact
Political tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States
Cold War
Why was the Cold War called, "cold?"
Because there wasn't actually any "fighting"
This was a policy dedicated to containment. Countries would provide economic & military support to those threatened by Communism in order to contain it
Truman Doctrine
the theory that if one nation falls to communism, many more will
Domino Theory
Indirect conflicts between the USA and USSR
Proxy Wars
Who was the first person in space
Neil Armstrong
Which countries were the two superpowers during the Cold War?
United States and Soviet Union
This happened when Gorbachev placed the policies of Perestroika and Glasnot into place
Fall of Communism
the policy, process, or result of preventing the expansion of a hostile power or ideology.
Containment
Destruction of the Berlin Wall signaled the end of the Cold War. This Designed to keep East Germans from leaving
Berlin Wall
What was the first artificial satellite sent into space?
Sputnik
During the Cold War era, may Americans and people around the world began to build what to protect their families?
Fallout shelters/bunkers
The wars were fought as a result of containment and the Domino Theory
Korean and Vietnam Wars
Created to limit arms by the Soviet Union and United States
SALT 1 & 2
USA and Soviet Union were scared to become involved in a direct military conflict.
Global Nuclear War
Give the name of the project, where United States and the Soviet Union worked together on experiments in Space?
Apollo-Soyuz
What was the main conflict of the Cold War? (think about each country's ideology)
Capitalism vs communism
This event almost started an all out nuclear war.
Cuban Missile Crisis