Cold War Flashcards
Rivalry between US & Soviet Union fighting for world domination
Cold War
Govt. has total control
Communism
Flying supplies into Berlin to help those in need
Airlift
Commie North Korea invaded South Korea
Korean War
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, made to stop communism
NATO
Dictator of the Soviet Union after Stalin, planned Cuban missile crisis
Nikita Kruchchev
anti-commie senator who scared Americans about communism
Joseph McCarthy
symbolic boundary that divided Europe into 2
Iron Curtain
Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba and aimed them at US
Cuban Missile Crisis
Google that divided East Berlin (commies) and West Berlin
Berlin Wall
Commie North Vietnam fought South Vietnam
Vietnam War
West and East Germany finally reunited
German Reunification
Last leader of the Soviet Union & born in 1931
Mikhail Gorbachev
What The arms race between the US and USSR?
Each country wanted a strong military presence on a global scale.
1961
Berlin Wall is built
1950
Korean War Starts
1945
Cold War Starts
Communist vs Capitalist
Communist: govt. is in total control
Capitalist: people in control
Civil War which North Korea invaded South Korea
Korean War
Korean War Outcome
After 3 years and no progress interest is called, Korea is still divided to this day
Areas in divided Germany that were occupied by the Soviet Union
Occupation Zones
Hot spots
Areas in Germany with high tension between communists and non-communists
1991
Soviet Union collapses and isn’t a thing anymore
What impact did space exploration have on the world?
1: space travels becomes a thing
2: people become able to watch actual history from their TVs
What did the TV change in American society?
Allowed Americans to “see” what’s happening around the world instead of relying on the radio
