Cold War Cards Flashcards
Who was president Truman?
He was the president during late WWII and the Cold War.
What is Capitalism?
An economic system used by the U.S. in which people get to choose what their money goes toward.
What is Communism?
An economic system used by the Soviet Union in which the government controls all of the resources and decides how to distribute them.
What were the Containment Policies?
A policy in which it contained communism from spreading to Western Europe.
What was the Truman Doctrine?
A containment policy that kept Greece and Turkey from becoming communist.
What was the Marshall Plan?
A containment policy that helped the economies of Europe repair by lending them money.
What was McCarthyism?
Senator Joseph McCarthy had a list of people he said were communist and were feared by Americans.
What is NATO?
The western military allies treaty that said they would all be allies in a WWIII.
What is the WARSAW Pact?
The communist military allies treaty. (Triggered by NATO)
!What was the Cold War?
The battle of ideologies and technology between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
What is the United Nations?
A group of 51 countries that were made to stop wars.
What was the Iron Curtain?
A figurative wall that was made to separate the four power administration.
What was the Berlin Blockade?
The Soviet Union’s attempt to drive the western forces out of Berlin by blocking the German entrances so no supplies could be brought.
What was the Korean War?
The war between communist North Korea and capitalist South Korea after NK passed the 38th parallel.
What was the Bay of Pigs?
The failed invasion of Cuba by the CIA.
What was the Cuba Missile Crisis?
The closest that the world ever got to a Nuclear War.
What was the Space Race?
The race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to have the first man on the Moon.
What was the Arms Race?
The race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union of the build-up of nuclear weapons.
What was the Vietnam War?
The war between South Vietnam (U.S.) and North Vietnam (Soviet Union). South Vietnam wanted to prevent communism.
