People
The dictator of the Soviet Union who believed that he should control a majority of Europe after WWII.
Josef Stalin
This was built to keep the people of East Berlin from fleeing to West Berlin.
Berlin Wall
The war fought over the spread of communism between communist N. Korea and non-communist S. Korea; U.S. leaders thought that the Soviet Union had helped plan the attack.
Berlin Airlift
The imaginary line that separated Eastern (Communist) Europe from Western (Democratic) Europe
Iron Curtain
The government controls production and owns the nation's natural and capital resources.
Communism
Great Britain's prime minister who coined the phrase "Iron Curtain".
Winston Churchill
The country that was first to successfully launch a rocket into space?
U.S.S.R
Khrushchev placed missiles in Cuba after being behind in the arms race. The Soviet Union removes them only when the U.S. promises not to invade Cuba. This became known as the __________________.
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Communist leader of Cuba from the 1950s until the 21st century
Fidel Castro
An agreement to stop fighting.
Cease-Fire
The president who took over after Franklin D. Roosevelt's death and who tried to stop the spread of communism.
Harry S. Truman
USSR placed missiles here during the Cold War.
Cuba
A conflict between North Vietnam (communist) and South Vietnam (non-communist). The U.S. tried to stop the spread of communism, but failed. South Vietnam became communist 2 years after the war ended.
Vietnam War
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall"
Ronald Reagan
A policy written by President Truman to contain communism.
Truman Doctrine
The Soviet leader who helped Fidel Castro set up a communist government in Cuba and ordered the construction of the Berlin Wall.
Nikita Khrushchev
Gorbachev issued a economic blockade of which of these countries which tried to leave Soviet control?
Lithuania
The war that was not supported by many Americans. Many Americans started demonstrations and protests for the soldiers to be brought back home.
Vietnam War
Perestroika was born out of the realization that problems of internal development in our country were ripe, even overripe, for a solution. New approaches and types of action were needed to escape the downward spiral of crisis, to normalize life, and to make a breakthrough to new frontiers. It can be said that to a certain extent perestroika was a result of a rethinking of the Soviet experience.”
Mikhail Gorbachev
Ordinary people and businesses control the production of goods and services
Capitalism
The U.S. president who promised to bring the troops home from Vietnam; he was elected in 1968.
Richard Nixon
The dividing line between North and South Korea
38th parallel
The war fought over the spread of communism between communist N. Korea and non-communist S. Korea; U.S. leaders thought that the Soviet Union had helped plan the attack.
Korean War
In this excerpt, President Harry Truman argues for a "police action" to carry out which United States policy? "Korea is the Greece of the Far East. If we are tough now, if we stand up to them like we did Greece three years ago, they won't take any next steps." -Harry S. Truman
Containment
An organization set up for nations to trade peacefully with one another and to help stop the spread of communism throughout the world.
NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization