Foundations of Cold War
Which two countries was the cold war between?
The United States and Soviet Union
What is containment?
U.S. attempt to stop the spread of communism
The Arms Race led to a crisis in which location? AND was communism contained, ended, or expanded in this location?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Communism was contained in Cuba under Castro
What was significant about the Berlin Wall falling?
Symbolized the end of the cold war
What is the Space Race?
Bonus: Who "won"
Competition to see who had the most advanced space technology
US "won" man on the moon
What was the main fight during the cold war?
The fight against communism (spreading it, stopping it)
The purpose of the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan were to
provide aid to countries that want to resist communism
provide economic aid to Europe after ww2
During the Cold War China became ...
Communist
What is detente?
Bonus: When did it end?
Lessening of tensions
During the war with Afghanistan
What does conflict mean?
Bonus: name a conflict that occurred during the Cold War
- up to my discretion
- up to my discretion
How was Europe divided during the cold war?
The west was democracy/capitalism supported by the United States, the east was communist supported by the Soviet Union
What is the domino theory?
*bonus: what was a location that the U.S. was afraid of the domino theory?
that if one country falls to communism, others will as well.
Cuba, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, China
How did the Korean War end?
*Bonus: What is life like in Korea today?
Communism was contained in North Korea
North Korea today is horrible, strict censorship, etc
What does Glasnost mean?
openness - ending censorship, people have more freedom, people can express their opinions, etc.
During the Cambodian Genocide, why did the Khmer Rouge, a communist group, kill millions of people?
Wanted to get rid of Western Influence in Cambodia, including people who supported western ideas like democracy
what physically divided Berlin?
What figuratively divided Europe?
Physically - Berlin Wall
Figuratively - iron curtain
What is NATO, What is the Warsaw Pact and who was a part of each?
NATO - western alliance - western Europe and U.S. and Canada
Warsaw Pact - eastern military alliance - Eastern Europe and Soviet Union
Who was the communist leader in Vietnam? AND what happened to communism at the end of the vietnam war? (contained, expanded, gone)
Communism was expanded to all of Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
What does Perestroika mean?
restructuring - adding elements of capitalism to the economy, people can make their own money, farmers can sell crops instead of giving to the government
Vladimir Putin brought success to Russia during his first term, how is he reverting back to the Soviet Union?
Bonus: Who is he being compared to with how he is acting?
He is eliminating political opponents, he is restricting freedom of press and speech, more censorship, starting wars (Ukraine)
Joseph Stalin
why did Stalin issue the Berlin Blockade?
How did the United States respond?
2- Airlifting supplies in to Berlin
What is nonalignment?
* Bonus: which 2 countries followed the nonalignment policy?
Not choosing sides between U.S. and S.U. - but taking economic aid
India and Egypt
Why did the Soviets get involved in Afghanistan? What happened to Communism at the end? (contained, expanded, gone)
To protect communism
Communism went away
What did Soviet Satellite states at the end of the Cold War
They chose to get rid of communism in their countries
they declared independence
they chose free elections
What were the the leaders of the U.S. and S.U. at the end of the Cold War?
United States - Ronald Reagan
Soviet Union - Mikhail Gorbachev