Early Cold War
This agreement was undermined when the Soviet Union refused free elections in Eastern Europe.
What is the Yalta Conference
This policy aimed to stop the spread of communism
What is containment?
This war began when North Korea invaded South Korea.
What is the Korean War?
Leader of Communist China who launched the Cultural Revolution.
Who is Mao Zedong?
This policy allowed more openness and freedom of speech.
What is glasnost?
This event involved the U.S. flying supplies into a blockaded city.
What is the Berlin Airlift
This program gave economic aid to rebuild Europe.
What is the Marshall Plan
This crisis brought the world closest to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
U.S. senator who spread fear of communism at home.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This policy restructured the Soviet economy.
What is perestroika?
One major result of the Berlin Airlift was this long-term political outcome.
What is the division of Germany into East and West?
This policy provided aid to countries resisting communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This war was influenced by nationalism, colonialism, and the Domino Theory.
What is the Vietnam War?
Leader of the Soviet Union who introduced glasnost and perestroika.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
These countries gained independence after the Soviet Union collapsed.
What are former satellite states?
This German leader helped rebuild West Germany with a free-market economy.
Who is Ludwig Erhard?
This theory justified U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
What is the Domino Theory?
This genocide occurred under Pol Pot in Cambodia.
What is the Cambodian Genocide?
This policy reduced tensions and led to arms agreements.
What is détente?
One internal problem that weakened the Soviet Union.
What is economic shortages/rationing?
Explain how Soviet actions in Poland increased tensions with the U.S.
They prevented free elections and installed a communist government, breaking agreements.
Explain how the Marshall Plan helped prevent communism.
It improved economies, reducing poverty and making communism less appealing.
Explain how the Bay of Pigs contributed to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
It increased tensions and pushed Cuba closer to the Soviet Union.
Explain why glasnost weakened the Soviet Union.
It allowed criticism, which reduced government control.
Explain how external pressures contributed to Soviet collapse.
Western criticism and revolutions in Eastern Europe weakened control.