Keep it contained
Truman's plan to provide aid and prevent the spread of Communism in Europe
What was the Truman Doctrine?
The CIA's failed attempt at overthrowing Cuba's communist government.
What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
A war fought between a US-supported democratic country and a Soviet-supported communism country that has not ended.
What is the Korean War?
Controlled West Germany and West Berlin during the Cold War.
Who is the United States?
Eisenhower refused to apologize for this action.
What was the U-2 spy plane program?
A nuclear arms race between the United States and Soviet Union that guaranteed other countries would be destroyed if a nuclear war began.
What is mutual assured destruction?
Created to discover Soviet nuclear capabilities
What was the U-2 Spy Plane program?
After Great Britain and France threatened to invade this country, President Eisenhower pushed for a UN ceasefire.
What was the Suez Canal Crisis?
Businesses and individuals get to make decisions regarding factors of production
What is capitalism?
Created after the Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the hotline between Moscow and Washington D.C.?
The response of the US and its allies after Stalin and the Soviet Union attempted to prevent West Berlin from receiving necessary supplies.
What was the Berlin Airlift?
Stalin attempted to take control of all of Berlin by blocking off supplies.
What was the Berlin Blockade?
A 24-hour standoff between U.S. and Soviet tanks after Soviets began blocking military personnel and diplomats from crossing checkpoints in Berlin.
What was the Berlin Crisis?
All factors of production are controlled by the government
What is communism?
The 38th Parallel
Where is the Korean Peninsula divided?
Provided aid to countries whose infrastructure was destroyed during WW2 and under the threat of falling under communism
What was the Marshall Plan?
This caused mass hysteria and an increased fear of communists in the government.
What was the House Un-American Activities Committee?
Began when the United States and the Soviet Union placed nuclear launchpads in Turkey and the Soviet Union.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Controlled East Germany and East Berlin during the Cold War
Who is the Soviet Union?
Because the term "blockade" is an act of war.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis referred to as a naval quarantine?
Created by the UN to prevent the spread of communism in Europe
What is NATO?
This couple was executed in 1953 after they were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage in 1951.
Who were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
The United States attempt to block Soviet ships from reaching Cuba.
What was the naval quarantine/Cuban Missile Crisis?
Wanted to keep citizens of East Berlin from moving to West Berlin and block democratic ideas from getting into East Berlin.
What was the Berlin Wall?
He was traded with a Soviet spy after being imprisoned by the KGB.
Who was Gary Powers?