War between South Korea, supported by US and UN, and North Korea, supported by China
Vietnam War
Korean Conflict
Cuban Missile Crisis
Organization headed by Eleanor Roosevelt, formed to stop the spread of communism
Warsaw Pact
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
League of Nations
Race to build more and better weapons than the enemy
Nuclear Arms Race
Battle of Arms
Space Arms Race
Who first used the term "Iron Curtain" to describe Europe during the Cold War?
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Franklin Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
According to Winston Churchill, what was dividing Europe between the communist East and the democratic West
an iron curtain
the Berlin Wall
the Warsaw Pact
Truman Doctrine
The most powerful nations in the world
Power Partners
superpowers
Allies
President during much of the Cold War. Became Pres. after JFKennedy assassination
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
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
Which statement best explain why the US became involved in the Vietnam War?
The US military was already training soldiers to fight
To prevent other countries from becoming Communists
Americans wanted to protest South Vietnam
To convince N. Vietnam to join NATO
Period of panic and fear that communism was spreading in the United States
Red Scare
Warsaw Pact
Truman Policy
what was the result of the Korean War?
Korea remained divide N.Korea still communists. STALEMATE
Communism did not exist in any part of Korea after the war
Korea was united under a communist government
35th President of the US, President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin, and head of the Soviet Communist Party during the Cold War
Nikita Khruschev
Fidel Castro
Joseph Stalin
Who was the Cuban leader that allowed Soviet to place missiles in Cuba?
Nikita Khruschev
Joseph Stalin
Fidel Castro
US policy promising to help countries that the Soviet Union tried to turn communist
NATO
Truman Doctrine
McCarthyism
Who coined the term "Iron Curtain" in reference to the division of Europe?
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Tension between the US and the Soviet Union in 1962 over nuclear missiles in Cuba
Vietnam war
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean Conflict
What was the main cause of the cold war between the US and Soviet Union after WWII?
differences in government and economic beliefs
the conflict between north and south Korea
rivalry for control of nuclear missiles
the Soviet Union's support of Germany
The Cold War was competition between which countries?
US and Germany
US and Soviet Union
Soviet Union and Germany
Senator that headed a movement to find any communists within American government and society
Joseph McCarty
Harry Truman
Lyndon Johnson
Nikita Khruschev
What was the "Iron Curtain"?
Imaginary line that divided East and Western Europe
Wall of steel constructed to separate Berlin
Border between the US and the Soviet Union
What was the Berlin Wall?
Wall built to keep West Berliners from escaping to E.Berlin
Wall built to keep East Berliners from escaping to W.Berlin
Imaginary border btw. east and west Berlin
Alliance between the Soviet Union and the communist controlled nations of eastern Europe formed in response to NATO
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
What message did the Berlin Airlift send to the Soviet Union?
The Soviet Union did not want to divide Berlin
The US was concerned about the nuclear arms race
Western Allies were not willing to give up Berlin
Berlin was able to get through conflict with no outside help
government owns all businesses and land and the people have little choices
free enterprise
communism
democracy
The US aided West Berlin by flying in food and fuel when Soviet troops cut off the city’s supply
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Wall
Flight for food
government of the people - citizens elect their representatives by voting
facism
communism
democracy
What is a "Cold War"?
War fought between more than two countries
War fought without weapons on a battlefield.
war fought during the winter months
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
The belief that if S.Vietnam fell to the communists, other parts of Asia would also become communists.
Domino Theory
Red Scare
Communism control
Race between the US and Soviet Union to explore outer space during the Cold War
Space Initiative
The Arms Exploration
The Space Race