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Cold War
Ms. Beasley's Unit 5 Vocabulary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First leader of the Soviet Union; started the Berlin Blockade and refused to allow democracy into his country and territories. | Joseph Stalin |
| President of the United States at the start of the Cold War; his beliefs were to do whatever was necessary to contain communism, including provide money, resources and aid to struggling European nations. | Harry S. Truman |
| Prime Minister of Great Britain; he outlined the idea of an "iron curtain" to describe the split and tension in Europe; was a close all of the U.S. | Winston Churchill |
| President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis; worked efficiently to end that crisis; was assassinated a year later. | John F. Kennedy |
| Communist leader of Cuba; suspicious of U.S. intentions after the attempted Bay of Pigs invasion; welcomed the Soviet Union's missiles and help in his country. | Fidel Castro |
| Crisis caused by the Soviet blockade of West Berlin; the U.S. provided supplies using planes in an attempt to contain the spread of communism into the area. | Berlin Blockade and airlift |
| In an attempt to contain communism in Asia, the U.S. supported the South in this conflict. Ended in a stalemate and both countries remain divided at the 38th parallel. | Korean War |
| A 13- day crisis that nearly erupted into nuclear war between the U.S. and the USSR. Was resolved through diplomacy and agreements for both sides to remove missiles. | Cuban Missile Crisis |
| A failed attempt by the U.S. to overthrow the Cuban government after it became a communist nation. Caused tension between governments and led to the Cuban Missile Crisis. | Bay of Pigs Invasion |
| The nonviolent conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union that lasted from 1947-1991. | Cold War |
| An imaginary line that demonstrated the division between communist eastern Europe and democratic western Europe after WWII. | Iron Curtain |
| The U.S. plan to provide money, resources and aid to struggling European nations after WWII in order to keep them from turning to communism. | Marshall Plan |
| The competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union for greatest achievement in space exploration and technology. | Space Race |
| The tactic of pushing an enemy close to war in order to get them to back off or give in to pressure. | Brinkmanship |
| The belief that the U.S. should help the nations of Greece and Turkey resist communism by providing support and aid as needed. | Truman Doctrine |
| The physical divider of East and West Berlin constructed in 1961 to keep people in East Berlin. | Berlin Wall |
| The competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union for superiority in nuclear weapons. | Arms Race |
| The policy that said if the U.S. used nuclear weapons against the Soviet Union, then the Soviet Union would retaliate and use nuclear weapons on the U.S. | Mutual Assured Destruction |
| The policy intended to keep communism where it was. | Containment |
| The Military alliance created by western nations to protect themselves for communist forces. | NATO |
| The dividing line between North and South Korea; the Demilitarized Zone is located here and still exists today. | 38th Parallel |
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