Cold War Vocabulary

Question 0

Arms race

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Struggle between nations to gain an advantage in weapons

Question 1

Anti-ballistic missile treaty

Answer 1

Part of the salt I agreement between US and Soviet Union that prevented the creation of weapons that could shoot down Nuclear weapons.

Question 2

Bay of pigs invasion

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Failed secret United States invasion plan to overthrow Fidel Castro in 1961

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Berlin Airlift

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Massive effort by western leaders to supply West Berlin

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Boris Yeltsin

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Leader of the republic of Russia who favored even more radical changes than Mikhail Gorbachev

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Cold War

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Era of tension and hostility between United States and Russia

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Containment

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The United States policy that involved resisting soviet aggression

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Cuban missile crisis

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The installation of soviet missiles in Cuba

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Detente

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Policy of Richard Nixon that sought to lesson Tension between US and soviets

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Deterrence

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The development of military power to deter or prevent an attack

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Fidel Castro

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Leader of Cuba during the Cold War

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Glasnost

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A radical concept by Mikhail Gorbachev

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Hydrogen bomb

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Bomb who’s power is due to sudden release in atomic energy

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Iron curtain

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Speech given by British prime minister

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John F. Kennedy

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United States leader during the failed bay of Pigs invasion

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Marshall plan

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United States plan to fund $13 billion to Europe

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Soviet leader who called for macro reformed for the soviet system

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NATO

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization an alliance made to stop soviet power in Europe

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Nikita Khrushchev

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Soviet leader who sought to “de-Stalinize” the Soviet Union

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Nonaligned nations

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Nations refusing to help the United States or the Soviet Union

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Nuremberg trials

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Military courts held in Nuremberg,Germany between 1945 an 1949

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Perestroika

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Radical concept by Mikhail Gorbachev that meant “restructuring”

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Richard Nixon

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Us president who introduced the policy of Detente

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SALT I

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Agreement between the US and the Soviet Union limiting the number of Nuclear weapons held in each country

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SALT II

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The second meeting between the US and the Soviet Union

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Satellite

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An object that circles the earth

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Solidarity

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1980 anti-government protested in Poland

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Sputnik

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The first satellite ever launched, launched by the Soviet Union

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Truman Doctrine

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A pledge the US made to oppose the spread in communism

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Velvet Revolution

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Peaceful revolution in Czechoslovakia that pushed communists out of power

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Warsaw Pact

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Alliance made up of the Soviet Union and the communist nations in Europe