The Cold War Flashcards
The Soviet Union set up the ___ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany
Berlin Blockade
The US helped Cuban exiles invade Cuba to overthrow Castro early in the Kennedy Administration; was a complete failure
Bay of Pigs
A policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression
brinkmanship
What contributed to the end of Cuban missile crisis?
American’s secret promise to remove missile from Turkey
The ___ were defeated in the civil war in China despite 2 billion dollars in aid sent to them from the US
Nationalists
An invisible barrier that cut off and isolated areas under soviet control
iron curtain
Anti-communist senator from Wisconsin during the Red Scare
Joe McCarthy
making accusations w/o evidence, commonly used to reference communism
McCarthyism
When an armistice was signed ending the korean war
North and South Korea were still divided along the 38th parallel
Established in 1938 to investigate disloyalty in the United States
HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)
How did America react to news that the Soviet Union was the first to put a man in space
determination not to lose the space race
leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin
Niktia Khrushchev
The military organization formed by the Soviets and Eastern Bloc nations to roval NATO
Warsaw Pact
In a capitalist system,
private citizens control economic activity
communist leader who defeated the Nationalists and led the Peoples Republic of China
Mao Zedong
What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?
to stop East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin
The Truman Doctrine is…
Policy of giving aid to countries threatened by communism
Policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism
containment
general who commanded US forces in Korea
Douglas MacArthur
The main goal of the ___ was to stop the spread of communism
Truman Doctrine
Which statement about Pres. Kennedy’s use of the U.S. Navy blockade Cuba during the missile crisis is most correct?
Soviet ships turned around before the U.S. Navy had to use force
International peacekeeping body founded by 50 nations in April 1945
United Nations
A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe
the Marshall Plan
successful dropping of food and other supplies to west Berliners
Berlin Airlift
