Early Cold War Policies
What was the main ideological difference the United States and USSR (Soviet Union)?
Communism vs capitalism
authoritarianism vs. democracy
practice of making reckless, unsubstantiated accusations of disloyalty or treason, famously led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the early 1950s to root out supposed communists.
McCarthyism
Led the Cuban revolution in 1959 and ruled Cuba for the next 49 years. Operation Mongoose was a CIA plan to assassinate this leader (over 600 times!)
Fidel Castro
a political and military alliance established in 1949 to safeguard the security of its members—primarily European nations, the US, and Canada. Its core principle is collective defense, meaning an attack on one member is considered an attack on a
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
According to Churchill, an "iron curtain" had descended across which continent following World War II (1946) ?
Europe
"Duck n Cover" and fall out shelters are examples of measures taken by Americans in preparation of...
Nuclear war / attack
a failed CIA-backed attempt by ~1,500 Cuban exiles to overthrow Communist leader Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Which Korea did the Soviet Union support during the Korean War?
North Korea
This European city was divided between east (Soviet Union / Communism) and west (U.S. / democracies) until 1989.
Berlin
a U.S. initiative launched in 1948 that provided over $13 billion in economic aid to rebuild Western European economies devastated by World War II.
Mar$hall Plan
a U.S. Senator who intensified the early Cold War by conducting widespread, often baseless, investigations into alleged communist infiltration of American government and society
Senator Joseph McCarthy
Remove Jupiter missiles from Turkey
What was the result of the Korean War?
No border changes
a collective military and political alliance led by the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellite states during the Cold War
Warsaw Pact
M.A.D. in the context of the Cold War means...
Mutually Assured Destruction
as a US House of Representatives committee that investigated alleged disloyalty, subversive activities, and communist ties among private citizens and public employees
The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Nikita Khrushchev
Man believed to have assassinated JFK by himself
Lee Harvey Oswald
How did the US and its allies respond to the Berlin Blockade in 1948?
Berlin Airlifts
U.S. foreign policy pledging military and economic aid to nations resisting communist subversion, primarily Greece and Turkey
Truman Doctrine
Who were the Rosenbergs?
American couple who were accused of being Soviet spies and were later executed
defense strategy developed during the Cold War (JFK) that aimed to provide the United States with a range of military options to respond to different levels of conflict, rather than relying solely on nuclear weapons
Flexible Response
How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?
13 days
Why was the Berlin Wall built?
to stop the "brain drain"