PEOPLE I
Leader of the Soviet Union during WWII
Stalin
American President who brought an end to the Korean War
Eisenhower
American policy of containment tp prevent the spread of Communism
Truman Doctrine
During this war China pushed American troops across the 38th parallel
Korean
Nations that decided not to side with the US or Soviet Union after gaining their independence
non-aligned
Only leader of an Eastern European nation who did not come under the control of the Soviet Union
Tito
Leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin led the Soviet Union during the building of the Berlin Wall and Cuban Missile Crisis
Khrushchev
Economic plan after WWII to rebuild Europe and keep economies from collapsing
Marshall Plan
Built across Berlin to divide it
Berlin Wall
This man led the Vietnamese overthrow of the French and became the leader of North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
British leader who coined the term, "Iron Curtain"
Churchill
Soviet leader after Khrushchev who re-Stalinized the Soviet Union
Brezhnev
This treaty established the European common market
Treaty of Rome
This event was between the US and Soviet Union over placing missiles close to the US
Cuban Missile Crisis
This man followed a policy of non violence in bringing freedom to India
Gandhi
American President who attended the ill tempered Potsdam conference and disagreed with Stalin over free elections in Eastern Europe
Truman
American general who led the US during the Korean War, wanted to drop 50 atomic bombs on China
MacArthur
Soviet response to NATO
Warsaw Pact
This was the Soviet response in Berlin after the West Germans started a new currency
Berlin Blockade
This man became the communist leader of China
Mao Zedong
French president who withdrew French troops from NATO
DeGaulle
American president who opposed Khrushchev during the Cuban missile crisis
Kennedy
Korea and Vietnam were this type of war where the US and Soviet Union never faced each other directly
proxy
American response to the Berlin Blockade
Berlin airlift
This central African country went though a bitter civil was after being abandoned by its former imperialist owner
Belgian Congo