This person was president of the United States when the Cold War first started
Who is Harry Truman?
100
This person was dictator of the Soviet Union when the Cold War started.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
100
America has a ___________ government and a Capitalistic economy (private citizens controlled almost all economic activity)
What is Democratic?
100
Soviet Union has a Soviet Union has a Communist government and a Socialist economy (state controls all property and economic activity)
What is Communist?
100
The United States (Harry Truman) and the Soviet Union (Joseph Stalin) emerged from WW II as two __________ with vastly different political and economic systems
What are “superpowers”?
200
The United Nations (UN) was established on June 26, 1945 when delegates signed a charter to replace what?
What is the League of Nations?
200
There are _____ United Nations (UN) member states currently. The Headquarters is located in ______
What is 193 and New York City?
200
The growing conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union became known as the _________
What is the “Cold War”?
200
Cold War is a conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union in which neither nation directly confronted the other on the battlefield. Lasted from ___________
What is 1945 -1991?
200
This was a policy meant to take measures to prevent any extension of communist rule to other countries'
What is Policy of Containment?
300
On March 12, 1947 Truman asked Congress for _________ in economic and military aid for Greece and Turkey
What is $400 million?
300
Marshall proposed that the U.S. provide aid to all European nations that needed it
What is The Marshall Plan?
300
The Soviets supplied North Korea with weapons and on June 25, 1950 N. Korea crossed the __________ in a surprise attack on S. Korea. This began the Korean War
What is 38th parallel?
300
After WWII, _________________ controlled North Korea.
What is Soviet Union?
300
After WWII, ________________ controlled South Korea.
What is USA?
400
What prompted (caused) North Korea to invade South Korea?
The U.S. cut back its troops in S. Korea which made the Soviets believe they could take over the whole country.
400
The Korean War ended in a
What is stalemate?
400
NATO was an organization that supported
What is Democracy?
400
Warsaw Pact was an organization that supported
What is Communism?
400
The United States foreign policy during the Cold War was directed at what nation
What is the Soviet Union?
500
made unsupported accusation against Americans he suspected to be communist.
What is Joseph McCarthy?
500
Who was the leader of Cuba during the Cold War?
Who is Fidel Castro?
500
What did the 38th Parallel divide?
What is North and South Korea?
500
Truman Doctrine was the policy of
Opposing the spread of communism wherever it goes.
500
The Cold War is known as
the nonviolent conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.