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Key Terms / Phrases
Historical Leaders
East & West Germany
Events of the Cold War
Communism & Capitalism
100

The name of U.S. and British forces dropping supplies into the German city of Berlin

The Berlin Airlift

100
The President responsible for resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis.
JFK
100

The U.S. President whose speech told USSR leader Gorbachev to "tear down this wall"

Ronald Reagan

100

This event started by the Russians launched the Space Race between the U.S. and USSR

Launching Sputnik

100
The type of economy associated with communism.
Command Economy
200

Policy of containing Communism within its present borders that the U.S. and other democratic nations used during the Cold War

Containment

200
Harsh, oppressive leader of the USSR.
Joseph Stalin
200
The year the Berlin Wall fell.
1989
200

The name of the military alliance that the Soviet Union led.

Warsaw Pact

200
The type of economy associated with capitalism.
Market Economy
300

Metaphoric border between Western Europe and the Soviet Bloc

The Iron Curtain

300

The leader whose Doctrine was designed to contain communism and give economic aid Greece and Turkey

President Harry S Truman

300

The other name given to West Germany

Federal Republic of Germany

300

This event dealt with USSR missles and nukes located on an island close to the U.S. and was the closest the world was to nuclear war during the Cold War

The Cuban Missile Crisis

300
The belief that no one citizen should own any goods or land privately.
Collective ownership
400

Term used for the fear of Communists within the U.S. government and other sectors of the U.S. military

The Red Scare

400

The military leader who proposed a plan to all European nations to rebuild

George Marshall

400

The other name given to East Germany.

German Democratic Republic

400

This conference led to the creation of the United Nations as well as the division of Germany into 4 occupation zones

Yalta Conference

400
This economic ideal allows for the creation of social classes.
Capitalism
500
What does USSR stand for?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
500

U.S. Senator who used fear and accused random U.S. officials and military leaders of being Communist

Joseph McCarthy

500

The year the USSR splits up and the Cold War ends

1991

500

These two wars were attempts by the United States to contain or stop the spread of Communism within its present borders

Korea & Vietnam

500

The name of the Soviet intelligence agency who also served as a secret police for Communist leaders

KGB