Superpowers Face Off
This larger war lasted between 1945-1990s and was known for numerous proxy wars
What is the Cold War?
This was the American foreign policy regarding Communism for most of the Cold War
What is containment?
This is the theory that is one nation falls to Communism other neighboring countries will as well.
What is the Domino Theory?
In the early 1900s Vietnam was part of a larger colonial region called _______________.
What is French Indochina?
In 1948, this was done in response to East German and Soviet troops cutting off supplies from West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
During the Cold War, the United States was pushing for a _____________ government and the Soviet Union was pushing for ____________ government.
What is democracy and communism?
During the ___________ the United States and the Soviet Union competed for power by making more, and often larger weapons
What is the arms race?
Starting in the 1950's and extending through the early 80s, the United States and the Soviet Union competed in several _______wars, however they never directly fought each other.
What are Proxy Wars?
This Vietnamese nationalist becomes the leader of the movement for independence against the French.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
What is Berlin Wall?
Winston Churchill famously stated that Europe this divided a Communist eastern and a Democratic western Europe
What is the Iron Curtain?
This new bomb which was created in the 1950s was over 1000x more powerful than the first atomic bomb.
What is a hydrogen bomb?
In 1953, the Korean War officially ended with the creation of this zone.
What is the DMZ, or Demilitarized Zone?
What are the draft, tv coverage, and the length of the war?
This is the term for in-direct, economic imperialism of raw materials in Latin America.
What is neo-colonialism?
The plan to support western European nations following WWII
In 1957, the Soviets launched _____ the first satellite into space.
What is Sputnik?
This neighboring Communist nation came to the aid of North Korea and encouraged them to begin the invasion of South Korea.
Who is China?
President Richard Nixon began this process meaning the removal of US troops for Vietnam.
What is Vietnamization?
What is military blockade?
These were three groups that the Red Guards targeted during the Cultural Revolution
Who are teachers, artists, upper/middle class citizens?
In 1958, the United States created this space program.
What is NASA?
At the end of WWII, Korea, much like this other nation, was divided into two distinct regions, a Communist North and a Democratic South.
What is Germany?
Due to distrust between the public and government over the news coverage, and the Gulf of Tonkin incident, many Americans now experienced this.
What is a credibility gap?
The impact of Containment on Latin America include _____________ and __________________.
What are civil wars and lack of economic development?