Key Dates
This 1945 meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin helped shape post-WWII Europe.
Yalta Conference
This economic system emphasizes private ownership and free markets.
capitalism
This war (1950–53) ended in a stalemate and an armistice, not a peace treaty.
Korean War
U.S. President known for telling Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!"
Ronald Reagan
First artificial satellite, launched in 1957.
Sputnik
This year marked the launch of the first satellite, Sputnik.
1957?
This Soviet doctrine justified intervention in any Eastern Bloc country that strayed from socialism.
Brezhnev Doctrine
This Southeast Asian war resulted in a major U.S. withdrawal and a communist victory.
Vietnam
This final Soviet leader introduced Glasnost and Perestroika.
Mikhail Gorbachev
The U.S. responded to Sputnik by creating this agency.
NASA
The closest the world came to nuclear war occurred in this 1962 event.
Cuban Missile Crisis
This Gorbachev policy aimed at openness and transparency in government.
Glasnost
The USSR invaded this country in 1979, leading to a long and costly war.
Afghanistan
This leader of the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis clashed with JFK.
Nikita Krushchev
In 1969, this American became the first man to walk on the moon.
Neil Armstrong
This symbolic event in 1989 marked the end of Soviet dominance in Eastern Europe.
the fall of the Berlin Wall
This term means "restructuring" and referred to Gorbachev's economic reforms.
Perestroika
This doctrine led the U.S. to support anti-communist forces in these proxy wars.
Truman Doctrine
U.S. President during most of the Vietnam War escalation.
Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)
This milestone marked a turning point, showing U.S. technological superiority.
the moon landing
This year is seen by many as the official end of the Cold War, when the USSR collapsed.
1991
This ideological divide defined the Cold War: US-led capitalism vs. USSR-led ____.
communism
U.S. support of the Mujahideen in this country indirectly contributed to 9/11.
Afghanistan
Which leaders were present at the Postdam Conference?
Truman, Churchill, Stalin
The Space Race was a way for the U.S. and USSR to show this kind of power.
What is technological/scientific superiority (or soft power)?