Early Cold War
What famous speech did Winston Churchill give that described the new reality of Europe?
Iron Curtain Speech
What was the event in Cuba where the US supported rebels in a failed attempt to overthrow the government?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Soviet leader after Stalin's death known for destalinization
Khrushchev
What leader decided to focus on domestic policies in the USSR in mid-1980s?
Mikhail Gorbachev
What became a symbol of Soviet Union dominion (control) over Eastern Europe?
Berlin Wall
The US secretly took missiles out of this country to help resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis
Turkey
In the 1950s, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev promoted this policy, which called for competing with the West economically and politically, not through nuclear war.
peaceful coexistence
In this year Arms race the Soviets shot down a Korean airliner; NATO exercise "Able Archer" seen as actually preparation for attack by Soviets; Reagan gave the Evil Empire speech
1983
What symbolic event marked the beginning of the end of communism in Europe in 1989?
Fall of the Berlin Wall
What two rival defensive organizations (Cold War Alliances) developed during the early Cold War?
NATO & Warsaw Pact
What leader sought a closer relationship with the Soviet Union to offset the threat of a US invasion?
Fidel Castro
USSR had a right to intervene to protect communism wherever it existed
Brezhnev Doctrine
This 1980s treaty eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons and was signed by Reagan and Gorbachev in 1987
INF Treaty (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty)
What were the two major Gorbachev policies and what was the aim?
Glasnost & Perestroika
What country "fell" to communism by 1949 and immediately developed a "friendship" with the Soviet Union?
China
In 1968, this “spring” in Czechoslovakia ended when Warsaw Pact troops, led by the USSR, invaded to stop liberal reforms.
Prague Spring
A new period between the US and the major communist nations began in the 1970s. Give at least two specific examples of what happened in this time frame.
Détente
Based on second-strike capability, this Cold War concept claimed peace could be maintained through the threat of complete nuclear annihilation.
"Mutually Assured Destruction" MAD
this Polish trade union, led by Lech Wałęsa, pressured the government to allow partially free elections, a major blow to Soviet control.
Solidarity
US policy to keep communism within the borders where it already exists by supporting anti-communist movements elsewhere
Containment
What was considered a "high point" of détente in the Cold War when the US and Soviets agree to cooperate in science & tech; established principles for human rights
Helsinki Accords
The Soviets shocked the world with this in 1957
Launched the first satellite (Sputnik) into space
Nicknamed “Star Wars,” this Reagan-era defense initiative aimed to use space-based technology to intercept Soviet nuclear missiles
"Strategic Defense Initiative" or SDI
Chronic shortages of consumer goods and poor agricultural output are examples of this economic problem.
Stagnation