Cold War Flashcards
Cold War
Rivalry between US and Soviet Union fighting for world domination
Communism
Government has total control
Korean War
Commie North Korea invaded South Korea
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, made the top of communism
Joseph McCarthy
Anti-commie senator who scared Americans about communism
Nikita Khrushchev
Dictator of the Soviet Union after Stalin, planned Cuban Missile crisis
Iron curtain
Symbolic boundary that divided Europe into two
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba and aimed them at the US
Vitnam War
Commie North Vietnam fought South Vietnam
Berlin Wall
Wall that divide East Berlin and West Berlin
German Ruenification
West and east Germany finally reunited
Airlift
Flying supplies into Berlin to help those in need
What happened in 1945?
The Cold War starts
What happened in 1950?
Korean War starts; North Korean invades South Korea
What happened in 1961?
Berlin Wall was built
What was the Cold War?
45 year long conflict of district between USA and Soviet Union
What are the differences between a communist and a capitalist government?
Communist = govt in total control Capitalist = people in control
What was the “Iron Curtain”?
Invisible line that divided communists and non-communist counties in Europe
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba and pointed them at the USA
What was the Korean War?
Civil war I which North Korea invaded South Korea
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
After three years and no progress a truce was called. Korea is still divided to this day.
What country was divided into four parts after World War II?
Germany
What was the Berlin Airlift?
The US and it’s allies used planes to air drop food and supplies to the starving ppl of West Berlin who were trapped by the soviets
What was built to divide East Berlin and West Berlin?
Berlin Wall
