Major Events
This airlift was a response to a Soviet blockade of a major city from 1948 to 1949.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This conflict in Korea lasted from 1950 to 1953 and aimed to contain communism.
What is the Korean War?
The hammer and sickle on the Soviet flag represent these two groups.
What are factory workers and farmers?
This initiative was launched in 1947 to provide economic aid to European nations after World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This nation supported North Korea during the Korean War.
What is China?
The fall of this structure in 1989 symbolized the end of Cold War divisions in Europe.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This prolonged conflict in Southeast Asia, lasting from 1955 to 1975, was also a battle against communism.
What is the Vietnam War?
This term describes the practice of making accusations without evidence, especially during the 1950s.
What is McCarthyism?
The U.S. intervened in this Asian country to defend against communist aggression during the early 1950s.
What is South Korea?
The Geneva Conference led to the division of this Southeast Asian nation.
What is Vietnam?
This 1947 plan aimed to assist countries resisting communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
A standoff in 1962 that nearly led to nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Dense forests in this Asian country provided cover for guerilla fighters during a major conflict.
What is Vietnam?
This alliance was formed to provide mutual defense against potential Soviet attacks.
What is NATO?
This term, meaning "openness," was introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev to promote more transparency in the Soviet government.
What is glasnost?
Formed in 1949, this alliance was designed to counter Soviet military power.
What is NATO?
The Soviet Union's military action in this country began in 1979, escalating tensions in the Cold War.
What is Afghanistan?
This U.S. strategy aimed to prevent the expansion of communism globally.
What is containment?
This U.S. President famously confronted Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This major Western European country was a key recipient of Marshall Plan assistance.
What is the United Kingdom?
In 1955, this agreement was established by the Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This theory suggested that the fall of one country to communism would lead to the spread to neighboring nations.
What is the Domino Theory?
The agreement to remove nuclear missiles from these two countries helped ease Cold War tensions after a major crisis.
What are Cuba and Turkey?
This major Cold War event in 1962 involved the discovery of Soviet missiles in this Caribbean nation, leading to a 13-day standoff.
What is Cuba?
Glasnost led to increased freedom of speech and press in the Soviet Union, allowing citizens to discuss this type of government issue more openly.
What are political reforms?