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