Cold War Flashcards
A communist government is run by a
Dictator
The United States is a _______ country
Democratic
An invisible line that separated communist Eastern Europe from democratic Western Europe
The iron curtain
It’s goal was to keep peace encourage respect for human rights and promote justice
The United nation
A military alliance between the nations of Western Europe promising to help each other if there was an attack by the Soviet Union
NATO
Panic that Americans felt as the communist party grew
The red scare
Built around West Berlin to try to prevent people from the communist side from trying to escape to the democratic side
Berlin wall
Soviet Union and United States raced to build ______
Nuclear weapons
When the soviets sent nuclear weapons to Cuba. President Kenny told the Soviet union to remove the missiles the Navy block ships from bringing any more missiles to Cuba, and the Soviets finally removed the missiles. 
Cuban missile crisis
T or F: south Vietnam is still communist today
True
First to put man on the moon
United states
Berlin Wall finally came down in 1989 under the leadership of ______
Mikhail Gorbachev
The U.S.S.R split up into 15 independent countries in 1991 All of its nuclear weapons were returned to____
Russia
T or F: the United States won round 2 of the space race by sending Apollo 11 to the moon American Neil Armstrong is the first man to set foot on the moon
True
Soldiers didn’t wear a uniform, so it was hard to distinguish between soldiers in civilians they use the women and children in attacks civilians would deliver explosives to soldiers 
Guerilla warfare tactics
A war fought with words, money, and threat of weapons 
Cold war 
Mumbai dictator careers/housing assigned by the government people have you freedoms and rights business/factories banks, government owned
Communist government
The United States is a democratic citizens choose their representatives 
True
The goal of _______ what’s to keep peace encourage respect for human rights and promote justice 
United Nations 
The US provided food, shelter, and materials to help European countries rebuild and stand up to communism 
Marshall plan
Fought between North Korea and South Korea, because North Korea wanted to turn South Korea into a communist nation. Though South Korea had help from the United States and others the war in this with no clear winner
Korean war
An act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
Blockade 
Which US president 1981-1989 said these famous words, general secretary, Gorbachev , if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization come here to this gate mr Gorbachev open this gate, Mr. Gorbachev tear this wall 
Ronald Reagan
The U.S.S.R split into 15 independent countries in 1991 All of its nuclear weapons were returned to ___
Russia
THE _____
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