Cold War Basics
The two main countries involved in the Cold War
What are the US and USSR
Name the event that came after the Soviet Union blockaded a city in Germany.
Berlin Airlift
Definition of Containment
What is stop the spread of communism
Define Red Scare
Fear of communism in the United States and/or communism spreading.
The build up of more and more dangerous weapons
Arms Race
The economic system of the Soviet Union
What is communism
Winner of the Chinese Civil War
Chinese communists
The fear of the unknown actions in Eastern Europe due to the _________ __________ led the United States committing to the idea of containment.
Iron Curtain
Crime that Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs were convicted of.
Spying for the Soviet Union
This event in Cuba made the United States look weak after we failed.
Bay of Pigs
The defense alliance for the United States
What is NATO
China
Under the guise of containment the United States went to this country because the new leader nationalized their banana industry
Guatemala
Define McCarthyism
Falsely accusing someone of being communist
Years of the Cold War
1945-1991
The directions associated with the United States and Soviet Union
Soviet Union - East and North
United States - West and South
Constructed because the Soviets were trying to prevent a brain drain in East Germany
Berlin Wall
The goal of containment in China failed because this leader of China won over the peasants due to his plan to redistribute land
Mao Zedong
Goal of the HUAC.
Find and convict communists or those sympathetic to communist ideas
Define brinkmanship
Going to the edge of war without actually using any nuclear weapons
The defense alliance of the Soviet Union
Warsaw Pact
Action taken by Fidel Castro that caused the United States to try and overthrow him
Nationalized industries
The countries that were aided by the Truman Doctrine.
Turkey and Greece
State that McCarthy represented as a senator
Wisconsin
Resulted in the United States removing missiles from Turkey 6 months after this event
Cuban Missile Crisis