Vocab.
Containment
What is a similarity between the Vietnam War and Afghanistan War?
The United States and Soviet Union left with diminished resources and no clear winner.
Who took over as the Soviet Union's leader towards the end of the Cold War?
Mikhail Gorbachev
To be the first to develop better technologies that will enhance their status in the world.
Wanted to develop satellites for spying purposes.
Schools would teach students how to ______ and _____.
Duck and cover.
Communism
An economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by the government.
Key Events in the Vietnam War
Beginning of formal U.S. involvement in the conflict
The Tet Offensive
President Nixon orders last U.S. troops out of Vietnam.
What was the result of the Vietnam War?
South Vietnam surrendered, Vietnam became a communist state.
What were Gorbachev's two policies he implemented in the Soviet Union to fix the economy and standard of living?
Glasnost and Perestroika
Which country put the first man in space?
Soviet Union
What is one way Americans could protect themselves against a nuclear attack.
The use of fallout shelters.
Capitalism
Economy in which prices and production are determined by competition between privately owned businesses.
How did the United States view the Korean War?
A chance to prevent communism from spreading in Asia.
What was the Soviet Union trying to gain during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
They were trying to threaten the United States by putting missiles so close to the U.S.
Who was the first man in space?
Yuri Gagarin.
Who was the President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
Arms Race
Competition between Soviet Union and United States for who could develop a stronger nuclear weapon first.
“If we let Korea down, the [communists] will keep right on going and swallow up one piece of Asia after another.”
– Harry S. Truman, statement to his advisors, 1950
What does this quote say or mean?
The U.S. would get involved in wars without clear resolutions or answers. They also feared communism spreading in Asia.
Name one modern country that was apart of the Soviet Union besides Russia?
Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, etc.
Which country was the first to put a man on the moon? Who was that man?
United States, Neil Armstrong
Name the three major wars/conflicts the U.S. was involved in during the entirety of the Cold War?
Korean War, Vietnam War, and Afghanistan War
Truman Doctrine
U.S. would provide political, military and economic aid to democratic countries under the threat of communism.
How did the Soviet Union view the Korean War?
What symbolized the end of the Cold War?
The destruction of the Berlin Wall.
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
What was the Great Leap Forward?
The Great Leap Forward was a social, political, and economic effort to modernize China from 1958-1960.