Cold War Basics
This decades long conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union was called this because there was no direct fighting between them
What is the Cold War?
This U.S. president announced a policy to stop the spread of communism in 1947
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This 1950–1953 war on the Korean Peninsula was between the U.S. and Soviet-backed forces
What is the Korean War?
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism around the world.
What is containment?
Many of these were built in Texas during the Cold War to defend against Soviet attacks
What are military bases?
This “curtain” represented the split between communist Eastern Europe and the democratic West
What is the Iron Curtain?
This Soviet leader was in power during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
This long conflict in Southeast Asia, lasting from the 1950s to 1975, involved U.S. troops fighting communist forces
What is the Vietnam War?
This 1947 policy gave money to Greece and Turkey to resist communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This Texas city was home to an important NASA center that helped the U.S. win the Space Race.
What is Houston?
This 1957 Soviet satellite launch started the Space Race with the U.S.
What is Sputnik?
This military alliance, formed in 1949, included the U.S. and Western European nations to counter the Soviet threat
What is NATO?
This 1962 event had Soviet missiles in Cuba and brought the U.S. and Soviet Union close to nuclear war
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This 1947 plan gave billions of dollars to rebuild Western Europe after World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This Texas industry grew during the Cold War due to the demand for planes and military technology.
What is the aerospace industry?
This 1961 structure was built to stop East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin
What is the Berlin Wall?
This Soviet-led alliance, formed in 1955, countered NATO and included Eastern European countries
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This 1948–1949 event saw the U.S. airlift supplies to West Berlin after a Soviet blockade
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This term describes the U.S. vs Soviet competition to build more nuclear weapons during the Cold War.
What is the arms race?
Texas soldiers fought in this Cold War conflict, where the U.S. tried to stop the spread of communism in Asia.
(Hint: It was a bad idea)
What is the Vietnam War?
This event in 1989 allowed people to cross freely into West Berlin, signaling the Cold War’s end.
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
This U.S. president worked with Soviet leader Gorbachev to reduce nuclear weapons in the 80s
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This 1979 Soviet invasion of a middle eastern country increased Cold War tensions and led to U.S. support for rebels
What is the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan?
This U.S. strategy during the 1950s promised a massive nuclear response to any Soviet attack.
What is massive retaliation?
This Texas-born U.S. president in office from 1963–1969 and he increased U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?