Early Cold War
What did the Iron Curtain speech do?
Discussed the divide between democratic west and Communist Eastern Europe
The US, Canada, and Western Europe joined what military alliance.
NATO
Who took over Cuba after Batista?
Fidel Castro
This communist guerilla group attempted to bring communism to all of Vietnam
Viet Cong
A poster that glorifies a group of people may be used as what.
Propaganda
Soviet Union wants to
encourage communism in other countries
Poland Czecholslovakia, Bulgaria, and others joined what as protection from a possible German invasion.
Warsaw Pact
This was a failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
How did the Korean War start?
North Korea invaded South Korea
What is one reason for the Soviet Collapse in the late 80s and early 90s?
Economic decline
Nationalist movements
Decreasing social and political influence
What is the name for an idea to prevent communism in Greece and Turkey in the 1940's by giving economic aid?
Truman Doctrine
Who were the leaders of the Soviet Union and USA during the early 60's?
Nikita Khrushchev and JFK
Krushchev and JFK narrowly avoided nuclear war in what politically heated time
The Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
Ceasefire but no treaty. Bitterness and resentment still remain
Who did Al-Qaeda originally fight?
The Soviet Union
This was the plan to rebuild Western Europe?
Marshall Plan
What alliance after WWII was Poland part of?
Warsaw Pact
Name one of Fidel Castro's goals of the revolution
overthrow Batista, Create a communist state, take control of industry and the press
What job did Yuri Gagarin have?
Russian Cosmonaut
Name one of the 9/11 attacks
World Trade Center
Pentagon
Shanksville, PN farmland
This was a Presidential plan in the 1950's to give aid to the Middle east that rejects communism.
Eisenhower Doctrine
What dropped off supplies to help keep a city free?
Berlin airlift
Eisenhower and JFK to a point were willing to go to the edge of war. What is that called?
Brinkmanship
What is MAD?
Mutually Assured Destruction. Peace through overwhelming force.
Name one reason the Arab Spring movement happened?
Human rights violations
Controlling dictators
Large gap between rich and poor