Cold War 1
What year was the Yalto conference?
1945
What was the name of the Communist dictator of Cuba
Fidel Castro
Where North and South Korea agreed to split.
What is the 38th parallel?
This even took place between Cuba and the US in October 1962 and lasted for 13 days.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Physical barrier that was made between two parts of a particular city that was seen as a symbol of the cold war.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This proxy war resulted in in a complete communist takeover by the north after almost 20 years of brutal fighting.
What is the Vietnam War?
Economic system grants all ownership & control of private businesses to the central government.
What is Communism?
When was the Truman doctrine created?
1947
Name of the alliance formed by the Soviets and Eastern Europe communist nations.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
What side of the Berlin wall was communist?
What is East?
Senator McCarthy became a tireless crusader against Communism in the early 1950s, sparking a US period known as....
What is "the red scare"?
What was the Warsaw Pact?
The warsaw pact was a military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries, primarily to counterbalance the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What was the New Look Policy
The New Look Policy decreased expenditures for the army and navy in favor of increased expenditures for the air force and for nuclear weaponry. It focused on stopping the spread of communism.
Organization of allied nations who joined forces in the West to support any threats of Communism.
What is NATO?
US plan that gave economic assistance to European countries after WWII.
What is the Marshall plan?
Theory where it was seen that if one nation were to fall to communism, other neighbouring nations would fall as well.
What is the Domino Theory or Domino Effect?
This 1948-1949 event saw the Soviet Union blockading West Berlin, leading to a massive airlift by the Western Allies.
What is the Berlin Blockade?
When did American involvement in Vietnam begin?
1945
What did the Eisenhower doctrine do?
It said that America would provide assistance to any middle eastern country defend itself against communism.
Name any TWO of the US presidents during the period of the Cold War.
Who was Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Reagan?
US aeronautics program initiated by Reagan during the Cold War in order to compete with the USSR.
What is NASA?
First successful satellite in space.
What is Sputnik I?
What number president was John F Kennedy?
35th
This US foreign policy doctrine, announced in 1947, pledged to support countries resisting communist pressure.
What is the Truman Doctrine
What was JFK's plan for the New Frontier?
Increase educational spending
Health Insurance for the elderly
New Department of Urban affairs
This Soviet intelligence agency was responsible for gathering intelligence and conducting covert operations during the Cold War
What is the KGB
Was the Bay of Pigs successful?
NO.
Two stark similar conflicts saw the U.S. and its allies supporting South against communist North and its Communist allies
What is Vietnam and Korea
How many missiles were pointed at America in Cuba?
75
What countries supported West Germany?
France
Britain
United States