china
what are the two groups who fought for control of China
Nationalist & Communist
What year did the Berlin Wall go up?
1961
what did the soviet union want to spread around the world?
Communism
Who is the Senator of the U.S.?
Joseph McCarthy
What year did the cold war start?
1947
who was the president in China during the cold war
jiang jieshi
Who helped Germany rebuild its economy?
United States
why couldn´t the Soviet Union work together with China?
tensions & disputes
When did the U.S use the first atomic bomb?
August 6, 1945
What year did the cold year end?
1991
What does Taiwan have to do with the U.S. relationship with China?
Leader moves to Taiwan and the U.S. supported.
How come the Soviet took part in Germany and the use of their resources?
To help rebuild the Soviet Union.
Name 3 other countries that were part of the Warsaw Pact?
Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Albania and Czechoslovakia
Who did the U.S. fight against during the war?
soviet union
What's was the result of the Korean war?
two korea´s
Who was Chinas Communist leader?
Mao Zedong
What was the Berlin Blockade?
An attempt in 1948 by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel to their sectors of Berlin
4 main Soviet leaders
Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, and Gorbachev
what two Asian countries did we have a millitary conflict with?
Cuba & Russia
What was the great leap forward?
A program to make a superhuman effort to increase farm and industry work.
What part of China did the nationalist party flee to after communist take over?
Taiwan
What is the Berlin Wall?
A wall that kept East and West Berliners from crossing over.
What did Stalin promise Roosevelt after WWII?
"free elections"
How did Eastern Europe resist the Soviets?
They sent in the tanks
Describe the Cuban Missile Crisis.
USSR puts nukes in Cuba, U.S. sets up a blockade, Closest U.S. comes to nuclear war, U.S. takes missiles from Turkey and Italy.