US vs USSR
Communism
Misc.
Vocab 1
Vocab 2
100
During the Cold War, America had this type of government
Democratic
100
wanted to find Communist, Senator in the 1950s and his work was part of the Red Scare.
Joseph McCarthy
100
helped defend South Korea during the Korean War.
America
100
Physical division that was built to keep people in communist Berlin from escaping to democratic Berlin.
Berlin Wall
100
Organization formed to promote global cooperation to try and avoid wars in the future.
United Nations
200
During the Cold War, The Soviet Union had this type of government
Communist
200
Many people were investigated and sometimes arrested during the
Red Scare
200
This plan provided food, shelter, and materials to help European countries rebuild and stand up to communism.
The Marshall Plan
200
An alliance of Western democratic Nations formed after WWII to defend themselves against communism.
NATO
200
A military operation led by the United States to help residents of West Berlin by delivering food and supplies to them.
Berlin Airlift
300
was elected president in 1981, believed in building better weapons and technology and worked on a better relationship with Russia (Mikhail Gorbachev)
Ronald Regan
300
was formed as a military alliance between non-communist countries.
NATO
300
Why did the US join the Vietnam war?
To stop the spread of communism
300
A dispute between the US and Soviet Union were the Soviets built missiles on Cuba and President Kennedy set up a naval blockade.
Cuban Missal Crisis
300
A political and economic system in which the government owns all of the businesses and land and people have little personal freedom.
Communism
400
won the “Space Race”
America
400
This isolated the democratic West Berlin from Communist East Berlin.
Berlin Wall
400
In a 1946 speech, Churchill used this term to describe the part of Europe that was being isolated through a communist government.
Iron Curtain
400
This replaced the League of Nations after WWII to promote peace.
The United Nations
400
The battle of international influence between democratic and communist countries following the end of WWII
Cold War
500
"It shall be the policy of this Nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union."
—U.S. president John Kennedy, Address on The Cuban Crisis—October 22, 1962
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Describe this quote
The Cuban Missal Crisis (explain)
500
The Vietnam and Korean War ended differently because ___________________________ became communist, but _________________________ remained democratic.
South Vietnam, South Korea
500
red iceburg= communism
tombstones= countries fallen to communism
US boat= US will soon be overtaken
meaning= US should be vigilant in fighting spread
500
America entered the Vietnam War because it wanted to stop this from spreading.
Communism
500
A name given to the physical and political division and isolation of communist countries and democratic countries.
Iron Curtain