Cold War Flashcards
Vietnam War
Commie North Vietnam fought South Vietnam
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba and aimed them at the USA
Iron Curtain
Symbolic boundary that divided Europe into 2
Nikita Kruchchev
Dictator of the Soviet Union after Stalin planned Cuban missile crisis
Joseph McCarthy
Anti-commie senator who scared Americans about communism
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, made to stop communism
Korean War
Commie North Korea invaded South Korea
Airlift
Flying supplies into Berlin to help those in need
Communism
Government has total control
Cold War
Rivalry between US and Soviet Union fighting for world domination
Berlin Wall
Wall that divided east Berlin and West Berlin
German Reunification
West and east Germany finally reunited
1945
Cold War starts
1950
Korean War; North Korea invades South Korea
1961
Berlin Wall is built
Capitalist
People are in control
Occupation Zones
Areas in Germany with high tension between communists and non-communists
1991
Soviet Union collapses and isn’t a thing anymore
Berlin Airlift
The US and it’s allies used planes to air drop food and supplies to the starving people of West Berlin who were trapped by the soviets
Cause of Arms Race
Each country wanted a strong military presence on a global scale
Outcome of Korean War
After of three years and no progress a truce was called. Korea is still divided to this day.
Division
Berlin, the German Capital was controlled by the Soviet Union
Hot Spots
Areas in Germany with high tension between communists and non-communists
Impact of Space Exploration #1
Space travel becomes a thing along with NASA
