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Postwar Europe
Korean Conflict
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Arms Race
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Soviets tried to cut off from all supplies to this city causing the U.S. to create an emergency airlift
What is Berlin, Germany? (Berlin Airlift)
100
This country fell to communism in 1949 and would later align itself with North Korea
What is China?
100
This man took over the Soviet Union after Stalin passed away.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev
100
These two countries were most involved in the Arms Race during the Cold War
Who are the US and the Soviet Union?
200
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave this name to the line through Europe that divided the free West from Soviet controlled communist Eastern Europe
What is the Iron Curtain?
200
This line was where North and South Korea were split after World War II
What is the 38th parallel?
200

This man took control of Cuba in 1959 and then turned to the Soviet Union and Communism for help

Who is Fidel Castro

200
The American plan to provide economic aid ($$$) to help rebuild destroyed European nations after WWII
What is the Marshall Plan?
300
The Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, and the fight against communism can be labeled forms of this
What is containment?
300
This international organization made the decision to take action to settle the problem on the Korean Peninsula
What is the UN (United Nations)?
300

Eisenhower's Secretary of State who coined the term "domino effect"

Who John Foster Dulles

300
This is what the U.S and USSR were building in competition of each other
What are nuclear weapons?
400
The military alliance between the U.S., Canada and Western Europe – pledging a common defense against (Soviet) aggression
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
400
The Korean War ended(?) in this.
What is a stalemate or armistice or cease fire
400
This was a policy that stated that America would assist all free peoples under threat from Communism, focusing first on Greece and Turkey
What is the Truman Doctrine?
400
The Soviet Union had this by 1949.
What is an atomic bomb?
500
The military alliance between the Soviet Union and its “satellite” communist nations in Eastern Europe
What is the Warsaw Pact?
500
He wanted to expand and attack China and eventually was fired by President Truman
Who is General MacArthur?
500
He took over after Truman.
Who is Eisenhower?
500

This three letter acronym explains why nucular war was unlikely between the two super powers during the Cold War



What is M.A.D. or mutually assured destruction?