Superpower Rivalry
This term describes the political and military tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after WWII.
What is the Cold War?
This war ended in a stalemate in 1953, leaving the peninsula divided at the 38th parallel
What is the Korean War?
The U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of communism.
What is containment?
The U.S. president during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
The U.S. president who famously told Gorbachev, “Tear down this wall!”
Who is Ronald Reagan?
The U.S. and the Soviet Union raced to build nuclear weapons in this type of competition.
What is the arms race?
This war lasted from 1955 to 1975 and saw the U.S. intervene to stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia.
What is the Vietnam War?
The U.S. program providing billions of dollars to rebuild Western Europe after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
The leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin, involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Nikita Khrushchev?
The year the Berlin Wall fell.
What is 1989?
This U.S.-led military alliance was formed in 1949 to counter Soviet influence.
What is NATO?
The 1961 failed invasion of Cuba, supported by the U.S., to overthrow Fidel Castro
What is the Bay of Pigs invasion?
This 1948–49 event involved the U.S. airlifting supplies into a Soviet-blockaded city.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
The British Prime Minister who coined the term “Iron Curtain.”
Who is Winston Churchill?
President Nixon’s policy of reducing tensions with the Soviet Union.
What is détente?
The Soviet counterpart to NATO, created in 1955.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
The crisis in 1962 that brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Cold War policy associated with pushing conflicts to the edge of war.
What is brinkmanship?
This couple was executed in 1953 for allegedly spying for the Soviet Union
Who were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
The agreement between the U.S. and Soviet Union to limit nuclear weapons during Carter’s presidency.
What are the SALT Treaties?
The Soviet Union launched this satellite in 1957, escalating the space race .
What is Sputnik?
The 1968 attack that turned U.S. public opinion against the Vietnam War.
What is the Tet Offensive?
The nuclear strategy in which both sides agreed that using atomic weapons would result in total destruction.
What is Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)?
The U.S. senator known for his aggressive pursuit of alleged communists during the Red Scare.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This 1987 agreement between the U.S. and USSR reduced nuclear arms.
What is the INF Treaty?