Race between the US and Soviet Union to explore outer space during the Cold War
Space Initiative
The Space Race
The Arms Exploration
Leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin, and head of the Soviet Communist Party during the Cold War
Joseph Stalin
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khruschev
Tension between the US and the Soviet Union in 1962 over nuclear missiles in Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam war
Korean Conflict
Who was the Cuban leader that allowed Soviet to place missiles in Cuba?
Nikita Khruschev
Joseph Stalin
Fidel Castro
35th President of the US, President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Conflict in the 60s and 70s; the US sent soldiers to South Vietnam to try to prevent communism from taking over the nation
Nuclear Arms Race
Vietnam War
Korean War
President during much of the Cold War. Became Pres. after JFKennedy assassination
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Gerald Ford
War between South Korea, supported by US and UN, and North Korea, supported by China
Korean Conflict
Vietnam War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Why was the Korean War fought?
US wanted to keep south Korea from invading North Korea
To stop the spread of communism
China supported South Korea so US went to help North Korea
what was the result of the Korean War?
Korea was united under a communist government
Korea remained divide N.Korea still communists. STALEMATE
Communism did not exist in any part of Korea after the war
Who coined the term "Iron Curtain" in reference to the division of Europe?
Winston Churchill
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Franklin Roosevelt
According to Winston Churchill, what was dividing Europe between the communist East and the democratic West
the Warsaw Pact
an iron curtain
the Berlin Wall
Truman Doctrine
What was the main cause of the cold war between the US and Soviet Union after WWII?
the conflict between north and south Korea
differences in government and economic beliefs
rivalry for control of nuclear missiles
the Soviet Union's support of Germany
