Events
The speech in 1946 when Winston Churchill addresses the divide of the world politically of communism and free countries.
What was the Iron Curtain speech?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What does NATO stand for?
Stalin and Truman
Who were the two main leaders of the Cold War?
Collective ownership of resources and production vs. private businesses
What is the difference between Communism and Capitalism
Because America and Russia never came in physical contact.
Why was it called the cold war?
When the U.S accused the Soviets of housing nuclear weapons within Cuba
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
To contain the spread of communism without entering the war
What was the U.S. Policy of Containment.
This person was fired for wanting to aggressively attack China.
Macarthur was fired for wanting to aggressively attack China
The western sphere (U.S.) and the eastern sphere (Soviet Union)
What spheres of influence developed?
A collection of proxy wars
What was the cold war referred to as?
A conference where the Allies split up Germany into four pieces.
What was the Potsdam Conference?
The Soviet Union created this pact in 1955
Who created the Warsaw Pact and when?
Isenhower was inaugurated after this happened.
Who was inaugurated when Truman's term ended.
Stalin felt upset because he was cut short with his reparations of Germany and felt threatened by the U.S.' technology.
Why are Truman and Stalin hostile towards each other?
Countries that sided with the United States were named 1st world countries, countries that were neutral were 3rd world countries.
Where did the term 3rd world countries come from?