Cold War
Yalta Conference
This war began when North Korea invaded South Korea.
Korean War
Why was the Berlin Wall built?
to keep East Berliners from traveling to West Berlin. to keep East Berlin's workforce.
The amount of time the Cuban Missile Crisis lasted.
13 days
The policy the United States adopted to fight Communism.
Containment
This still serves as the dividing line between North and South Korea.
38th Parallel
What was the Berlin Airlift?
the effort to supply Berlin through the Soviet blockade.
What were the issues when troops landed in the Bay of Pigs?
Many weapons were lost in the ocean. The Bay of Pigs was surrounded by swamp land.
Accusing Americans of being communist was labeled as____________.
McCarthyism
provided markets for American goods, created reliable trading partners, and supported the development of stable democratic governments in Western Europe
Marshall Plan
The United States fought on the side of this country.
South Korea
How did people try to get past the Berlin Wall?
hot air balloons, stolen tanks, swimming, etc
Part of the reason the Cuban Missile Crisis came to an end is that the United States had to remove missiles from _____________.
Turkey
The idea of communism taking over America.
Red Scare
The Iron Curtain symbolized
the extreme political and ideological division that separated Western Europe from the Soviet Union and its satellite states in the east.
The Korean War ended with this result.
Stalemate
How and why did the Berlin Wall fall?
Germans stormed the wall and began to dismantle it with little to no force.
The Bay of Pigs was an attempt to
This organization was created in response to the launch of Sputnik.
General MacArthur was relieved of his duties because
He wanted to use the nuclear bomb.
This country joined the Korean War as it was fearful of a democratic government invading its borders.
China
What was the metaphor used to describe the Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
As a result of the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuba requested protection from which country?
Soviet Union
The first man to land on the moon.