Origins of the Cold War
The economic system where citizens are able to own private businesses.
Capitalism
Famed World War II General that led the United Nations forces in the Korean War.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
Winston Churchill used this phrase to describe the political divide in Europe after World War II.
Iron Curtain
Term used to describe industrial capitalist nations; the U.S. was a _____ _______ country
First world
This 13-day long standoff between the US and Soviet Union nearly brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The process of trying to rid the USSR's memory of this leader after his death was known as what.
De-Stalinization
This leader led the communists to victory against the Chinese Nationalists. He appealed to the peasant class and turned China communist.
Who is Mao Zedong?
This conflict saw the first test of the Cold War and containment. Though thousands of troops lost their lives, the result of this conflict changed very little.
What is the Korean War?
Term used to describe non-aligned developing nations.
Third World countries
The launch of this Soviet Satellite became the first man-made object in orbit and inspired the US to increase spending on education and technology
What is Sputnik?
Established after World War II, this organization provided a forum for countries to peacefully resolve their conflicts.
United Nations
Overthrew the Cuban government and turned the Country into a communist one.
Fidel Castro
The policy of taking measures to prevent the spread of communism.
Containment
Guided by the Soviet Union, this military alliance came as a response to the Western alliance and consisted of the Eastern Bloc of European countries.
Warsaw Pact
The idea that if one country falls to communism, nearby countries will fall to communism.
What is "domino theory"?
A military alliance of Western countries, motivated to defend against communism and the Soviet Union. Consisted of the U.S. and most of Western Europe.
NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin's death.
Nikita Khruschev
Willingness to go to the brink of war, proposed by the Eisenhower administration.
Brinkmanship
This term describes the Pro-communist guerilla forces in South Vietnam.
Who were the Vietcong?
This term describes the idea that using nuclear weapons will result in everyone's destruction.
What is Mutually Assured Destruction?
This operation saw the U.S. and Britain fly food and supplies to their part of a city blocked off by the Soviet Union.
What was the Berlin airlift?
These two led the North and South parts of Vietnam during the Vietnam War
Ho Chi Minh and Ngo Dinh Diem
French word which describes the easing of Cold War tensions
Détente
This plan instituted by Mao Zedong sought to transform China's economy through large collective farms known as communes. It resulted in the death of roughly 20 million people.
The Great Leap Forward
Although the U.S. and U.S.S.R. never fought each other directly, they fought indirectly by supporting opposite sides in smaller wars and conflicts.