Important People
The President responsible for resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis.
John F. Kennedy
Constructed in 1961 to prevent east Germans from fleeing West
Berlin Wall
What was it called when the U.S. and Soviet Union were in a competition of who can make the most weapons?
Arms Race
This economic ideal allows for the creation of social classes.
Capitalism
The leader who decided to use nuclear weapons against Japan.
Harry S Truman
The year the Berlin Wall fell.
1989
What was it called when U.S. spy planes spotted missile construction sites made by the Soviet Union on Cuban land?
Cuban Missile Crisis
State-owned farms
collective
The leader who took Stalin's place as the leader of the USSR and opposed his policies.
Nikita Krushchev
The name of the military alliance that the Soviet Union led.
Warsaw Pact
What was the second major military conflict between the West and the Communists?
Vietnam War
A nation that is stronger than other powerful nations.
Superpower
Leader of the USSR
Joseph Stalin
This military alliance was formed early in the Cold War to defend the west
NATO
This was the first major military conflict between the West and the Communist
Korean War
What does USSR stand for?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
The first person to orbit the earth.
Yuri Gagarin
After WWII, the Soviet Union and the U.S. agreed to a temporary division of Korea along this parallel of latitude
38th Parallel
What years did the Cold War start and end
1945 & 1991
The belief that no one citizen should own any goods or land privately.
Collective ownership