Early Cold War (1945–1953)
The name of the U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism after WWII.
What is containment?
This Asian country was divided into North and South and became the site of a major war from 1950–1953.
What is Korea?
This was the policy to prevent the spread of communism to other countries.
What is Containment?
What are the United States and the Soviet Union?
The year the Soviet Union officially collapse.
What is 1991?
This U.S. plan gave financial aid to Europe after WWII to rebuild economies and stop communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
The U.S. entered this war in Southeast Asia to stop the spread of communism, leading to years of military involvement.
What is the Vietnam War?
This U.S. general led the U.N. forces in Korea.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
The imaginary division between democratic Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe.
What was the "Iron Curtain"?
This Soviet leader introduced the policies of glasnost and perestroika.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This military alliance formed in 1949 between the U.S., Canada, and Western Europe.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
This conflict ended in a ceasefire, not a peace treaty, and the country stayed divided since 1953 with U.S. troops still stationed in the South.
What is the Korean War?
This organization was created by the U.S. to gather intelligence during the Cold War.
What is the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)?
This term describes the competition to build powerful weapons during the Cold War.
What is the arms race?
Openness—more freedom of speech and transparency in government.
What is Glasnost?
U.S. doctrine that gave aid to Greece and Turkey to resist communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
The Cold War conflict that saw the Soviet Union invade this unconquerable country.
What is the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan?
This U.S. president introduced the Eisenhower Doctrine to limit Soviet influence in the Middle East.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This 1957 Soviet technological achievement led to the start of the space race.
What is Sputnik?
Poor production, military overspending, or lack of consumer goods.
What are the reasons the Soviet economy failed?
1948-49 event that involved the U.S. and allies flying supplies into a city blockaded by the USSR.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This 1962 event nearly led to nuclear war between the U.S. and the USSR.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This war led to the long-term U.S. containment strategy in Southeast Asia.
What is the Vietnam War?
The defensive alliance the Soviet Union formed in response to NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This Eastern European country had a peaceful protest movement, "Solidarity," that helped end communism there in 1989.
What is Poland?