Key Events
This 1948-49 Soviet blockade led to a massive airlift by Western powers
Berlin Blockade
This Soviet leader's death in 1953 ended an era of intense paranoia and purges
This policy aimed to prevent the spread of communism to new countries
Containment
This event lasted a majority of the Cold War, powered by anti-communist propaganda and spread mistrust across the US
The Red Scare
The US and USSR supported different sides in this war in Vietnam
Vietnam War
The 1962 crisis over Soviet missiles in this Caribbean nation brought the world closest to nuclear war
Cuba
He was the US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK
The US program that provided economic aid to rebuild Western Europe after WWII
Marshall Plan
This Wisconsin senator led controversial investigations into alleged communist infiltration in the 1950s
Joseph McCarthy
In 1950, communist North Korea invaded this country, leading to US involvement
South Korea
This 1961 structure physically divided a major European city for 28 years
Berlin Wall
This Soviet leader introduced glasnost and perestroika, helping end the Cold War
Gorbachev
The principle that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would follow
The Domino Theory
The 1957 launch of this Soviet satellite sparked the Space Race
Sputnik
Fidel Castro led a revolution in 1959 that turned this Caribbean island into a communist nation
Cuba
This 1950-1953 conflict was the first major "hot" proxy war of the Cold War era
Korean War
"Tear down this wall!" was famously demanded by this US President in Berlin
Reagan
Kennedy's doctrine of preparing for conventional warfare rather than relying solely on nuclear weapons
Flexible Response
This Hollywood industry blacklisted writers, directors, and actors suspected of having communist sympathies
Hollywood or Film & Movie Industry
This 1948 event divided Germany into East and West, with the Soviets controlling the eastern part
The Division of Germany/The Potsdam Conference
The 1979 Soviet invasion of this country led to a US boycott of the 1980 Olympics
This is from Last UNIT
Afganistan
This British Prime Minister coined the term "Iron Curtain" in a 1946 speech
Churchill
This Reagan policy proposed a space-based missile defense system, nicknamed "Star Wars"
The Strategic Defense Initiative
This 1950s-60s era of competition led to increased science and math education in US schools
Think on this one!
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Space Race
This 1948-1949 Soviet action attempted to force Western powers out of Berlin by cutting off all land access
Berlin Blockade