Cold War Concepts
What was the metaphorical divide between capitalist and communist Europe called?
Iron Curtain
What was the ideological divide between the U.S. and the USSR during the Cold War?
Capitalism vs. Communism
Who was U.S. president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
What does MAD stand for?
Mutually Assured Destruction
What artistic movement did Jackson Pollock represent?
Abstract Expressionism
What was the main U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of communism?
Containment
What does the term "proxy war" mean in the context of the Cold War?
Indirect conflict supported by superpowers
Who led the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
What were the three components of the nuclear triad?
ICBMs, SLBMs, and bombers
Which literary work by Arthur Miller criticized McCarthyism?
The Crucible
Which U.S. economic program helped rebuild Europe after WWII to resist Soviet influence?
Marshall Plan
Which Asian country did the U.S. withdraw from in 1975 after a long proxy war?
Vietnam
What 1980s U.S. president increased military spending and called the USSR the "Evil Empire"?
Ronald Reagan
What was Reagan’s missile defense program called?
Strategic Defense Initiative -Star Wars-
What kind of suburban development symbolized post-war American life?
Levittowns
What Cold War tactic involved pushing dangerous events to the edge of conflict to gain advantage?
Brinkmanship
What guerrilla group did the U.S. fund during the Soviet-Afghan War?
Mujahideen
Which Soviet leader was in power during the Berlin Airlift and Korean War?
Joseph Stalin
What treaty eliminated intermediate-range nuclear weapons?
INF Treaty (1987)
What 1964 film satirized nuclear conflict and MAD?
Dr. Strangelove
What was the name of the U.S. strategy that used strength to deter Soviet attacks through nuclear threat?
Mutually Assured Destruction / MAD
What triggered the Cuban Missile Crisis?
USSR placed nuclear missiles in Cuba
Which U.S. president visited China and signed SALT I during détente?
Richard Nixon
What concept describes avoiding war through overwhelming nuclear power?
Deterrence
What architectural style used heavy concrete and represented state power?
Brutalism