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Cold war
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Harry S. Truman | US President who started the Truman Doctrine and helped form NATO. |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | US President who expanded the Cold War through nuclear policy and supported South Vietnam. |
| John F. Kennedy | US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis and Berlin Wall construction. |
| Richard Nixon | US President who visited China and the USSR to ease tensions and signed SALT I. |
| Ronald Reagan | US President who increased military spending and pressured the USSR with SDI. |
| SALT I & II | Agreements between the US and USSR to limit the number of nuclear weapons. |
| Vietnam War | A long conflict (1955–1975) where the US tried to stop communist North Vietnam ended in US withdrawal North Invades |
| Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan | USSR invaded Afghanistan in 1979; the US supported Afghan rebels. |
| SDI/Star Wars | A US defense plan under Reagan to shoot down nuclear missiles from space. |
| fall of the Berlin Wall | In 1989 the wall came down symbolizing the end of Soviet control in Eastern Europe. |
| Detente | A period of relaxed tensions and improved relations between the US and USSR in the 1970s. |
| Proxy War | A conflict where superpowers support opposite sides without fighting directly |
| Space Race | Heated up as the US and USSR competed to send people to space and to the Moon. |
| U2 spy plane | An American spy plane shot down over the USSR in 1960 |
| Building of the Berlin Wall | Built in 1961 by East Germany to stop people from fleeing to the West. |
| Bay of Pigs Invasion | A failed 1961 attempt by US-backed Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro. |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | A 1962 standoff between the US and USSR over Soviet missiles in Cuba; almost led to nuclear war. |
| Apollo Moon Landing | The US landed astronauts on the Moon in 1969 |
| Margaret Thatcher | British Prime Minister who supported Reagan and was tough on communism. |
| Joseph Stalin | Soviet leader at the start of the Cold War who created the Eastern Bloc. |
| Nikita Khrushchev | Led the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis and started de-Stalinization. |
| Leonid Brezhnev | Soviet leader who cracked down on dissent and signed SALT treaties. |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Last leader of the Soviet Union who introduced reforms and helped end the Cold War. |
| glasnost | Gorbachev’s policy of openness that allowed more freedom of speech and press. |
| perestroika | Gorbachev’s economic reform policy to restructure the Soviet economy. |
| nationalist movements | Groups in Soviet republics demanding independence |
| August Coup | In 1991 Communist hardliners tried to take power from Gorbachev but failed. |
| Boris Yeltsin | Russian leader who opposed the August Coup and became the first president of Russia. |
| German Reunification | 1990 East and West Germany became one country again after the fall of the Berlin Wall. |
| Kitchen Debate | A televised debate in 1959 between US Vice President Nixon and Soviet leader Khrushchev about capitalism vs communism. |
| Hungarian Uprising | A 1956 revolt against Soviet control in Hungary |
| Korean War | A war (1950–1953) between communist North Korea (with China and USSR) and South Korea (with US and UN support); ended in a stalemate. |
| Sputnik | The first satellite launched into space by the USSR in 1957 |
| Space Race | Competition between the US and USSR to explore and control space. |
| Atomic Bombs | Nuclear weapons developed and used during WWII; both sides had them during the Cold War. |
| Potsdam Conference | Meeting in 45 where Allied leaders talked how to deal with post WW2 Europe and demanded Japan’s to give up |
| satellite countries | Nations that were controlled by the Soviet Union |
| Iron Curtain | A term by Winston Churchill describing the divide between democratic Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe. |
| Superpowers | The United States and the Soviet Union |
| Domino Theory | The idea that if one country falls to communism |
| division of Germany | Germany was divided into four zones controlled by the US |
| Marshall Plan | US program giving money to rebuild Europe and stop the spread of communism. |
| Berlin Blockade/Airlift | Soviets blocked access to West Berlin; the US and allies flew in supplies for nearly a year (1948-49). |
| NATO | A military alliance of Western countries formed in 1949 to defend against the Soviet threat. |
| Warsaw Pact | A military alliance of communist countries led by the Soviet Union |
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