Origins of The Cold War
What is another word for "spying"? It played a significant role once the Cold War started to cause tension
Espionage
Defensive military alliance of the United States, Canada, and ten European nations
After Joseph Stalin's death, new USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev began a series of reforms known as __ - _________ which was supposed to release political prisoners and relax censorship
This item was handed out and forced upon the citizens of China. It was Mao's way of indoctrinating the Chinese people in to conforming to Communist beliefs.
The Little Red Book
Through his strong economic and anti-Communist policies, this US president contributed greatly to win the Cold War against the Soviet Union
Ronald Regan
The agency created to compile intelligence from military and state department and to perform secret operations in foreign countries.
What is the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)?
he U.S. created the _________ ______ which offered $13 billion to help rebuild post-war Europe and to keep them from becoming Communist.
Sputnik
Which war was expensive, hurt the U.S. economy, & became unpopular with anti-war protestors in the USA?
the Vietnam War
In 1958, Mao began a massive program to create agriculture & industry called the ______ _____ _______. It started out successful, but ended in famine, death, and poor quality industry
Five Year Plan
The Division of Europe between free and Communist countries
What is the Iron Curtain?
Taking measures to prevent the spread of Communist rule to other countries
What is Containment?
What was the American spacecraft to successfully reach the moon?
Apollo 11
In the 1970s, Richard Nixon’s policy of ________ (easing Cold War tensions) replaced brinkmanship
détente
After the failure of the Great Leap Forward, Mao began this movement to enforce Communism on his citizens and got rid of Chinese traditions
The Cultural Revolution
Resupply of West Berlin by U.S. and British planes during Soviet blockade of 1948
What is the Berlin Airlift?
What is a Satellite Nation?
This dictator seized power in Cuba and caused Americas to fear the Communism would soon spread to the US
Fidel Castro
détente ended in 1979 when the USSR invaded _________ to put down an anti-communist uprising (the US backed the Taliban in this invasion)
Afghanistan
Theory that one country falling to Communist influence would quickly lead to other countries in the same area falling too
What is the Domino Theory?
U.S. policy of sending aid to any nation trying to prevent a Communist takeover
What is the Truman Doctrine?
State of Hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States, but without military action
What is the Cold War
In South Vietnam, communists known as the ________ worked to unify North & South Vietnam. These were Vietnamese soldiers that were hard to identify which side they were on
Vietcong
The USA & USSR signed the _________ ______ _________ ________ (*-*-*-*) which limited the number of ICBMs each nation could have
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (S-A-L-T)
At what parallel was divided in Korea to separate the North and the South?
38 degree parallel