Cold War Origins
Formed near the end of WWII, this body's goal is to try to prevent future global wars.
What is the "United Nations/UN?"
This countries division would come to symbolize the Cold War.
What is "Germany?"
The first successful use of the containment policy.
What is the "Korean War?"
In 1948, President Harry S. Truman ordered this to happen to the armed forces of the United State.
What is "desegregation?"
The year that the Berlin Wall fell.
When was "1989?"
The prevention of the spread of communism.
What is the "Truman Doctrine/Containment Policy?"
The Cold War military alliance of the United States.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization/NATO?""
The first nation to fall to communism in the post-WWII world.
What is "China?"
This event occurred in 1963 Dallas, TX.
What was the "assassination of JFK?"
The year that the Soviet Union collapsed.
When was "1991?"
The opposite of United States represented democratic political institutions.
What is "Soviet Union totalitarianism?"
The Cold War military alliance of the Soviet Union.
What is the "Warsaw Pact?"
The President who intensified American involvement in Vietnam.
Who is President Lyndon B. Johnson/LBJ?"
The fear of nuclear weapons would lead many American families to do this.
What is "build bomb shelters?"
This person was the last Premier (leader) of the Soviet Union.
Who is "Mikhail Gorbachev?"
The financial recovery plan for Europe after WWII.
What is the "Marshall Plan?"
The boundary between the democratic western and Soviet dominated eastern halves of Europe.
What is the "Iron Curtain?"
The communist leader of North Vietnam.
Who is "Ho chi Mihn?"
Many Vietnam veterans would face this when returning home from the war.
What is "open hostility?"
This policy of President Reagan would greatly assist in bankrupting the Soviet Union.
What is the "Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)/ “Star Wars?”
Due to the threat of a nuclear war President Eisenhower adopted this policy to deter any nuclear strike by the Soviets.
What is "massive retaliation?"
These eastern European nations were led by puppet governments controlled by the Soviet Union.
What are the "Eastern Bloc/Satellite Nations?"
Nixon's policy that would end US involvement in the Vietnam War.
What is "Vietnamization?"
The fear of Soviet spies would lead to this.
What is the rise of "Senator Joseph McCarthy/McCarthyism?"
Rising nationalism in the Soviet republics, increasing Soviet military expenses, and this, would be internal problems that would lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
What is the "economic inefficiency of communism?"