Cold War Beginning
Term coined by Winston Churchill that explained the division in Europe after WWII with communism in the east and democracy in the west.
the Iron Curtain
The President of the US after World War II who used a policy of Containment to fight the Cold War.
Harry Truman
What were the two countries created as a result of the Korean War?
North Korea and South Korea
This military alliance of western countries had the motto, "an attack on one is an attack on all."
NATO
Leader of the USSR when the Cold War started.
Joseph Stalin
This US foreign policy after World War II had the goal of stopping the spread of communism.
Containment
The President of the US who was in power during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
John F Kennedy
Conflict in which the US fought against a Soviet Union and China backed north and resulted in a stalemate in which half of the country became communist and half became democratic.
Korean War
A Soviet structure was intended to keep people from leaving East Germany.
Berlin Wall
Name of the Soviet-led military alliances that was created in 1955.
Warsaw Pact
Event in which the United States and Great Britain were forced to supply West Berlin with food and other vital supplies only by air.
Berlin Blockade
He was President when the U.S. developed its first hydrogen bomb in 1952.
Dwight Eisenhower
Conflict in which the US fought against a Soviet Union and China backed north and resulted in defeat for the US and the south.
Vietnam War
He was leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Nikita Khrushchev
This is the type of American airplane that was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960
U2
This US policy gave economic and military aid to the governments of Greece and Turkey to help them fight off communism.
Truman Doctrine
This US president projected that the US would put a man on the moon before the '70s.
John F Kennedy
Name of the general who led the US forces in the Korean War until he was fired and sent home.
General Douglas MacArthur
The name of the first satellite in space.
Sputnik
The U.S. trained Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro at this bay.
Bay of Pigs
In this policy, the US gave money to European countries to help their economies recover after WWII.
the Marshall Plan
The President of the US who increased involvement in the Vietnam war and sent troops in on the ground to fight in 1964.
Lyndon B Johnson
This communist leader in China won the Chinese Civil War and established the People’s Republic of China.
Mao Zedong
This metaphor, created by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, tells us how close the world is to armageddon.
The Doomsday Clock
As Cold War tensions grew, many Americans built these in their back yards.
Bomb/Fallout Shelters