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Cold War Terms
Social Studies 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The rejection of religion and private property caused the United States to dislike this style of Government | Communism |
| The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to a temporary division of Korea at this parallel | 38th parallel |
| This was the legal separation of Americans in public facilities and schools based on race | segregation |
| The Soviet Invasion of this country ended the period known as Détente | Afghanistan |
| The Truman Doctrine established a policy that caused America to use force to stop the spread of Communism | containment |
| Truman disagreed with this US Military general over invading China | Douglas MacArthur |
| The court ordered public schools to be desegregated after ruling in this court case | Brown vs the Board of Education |
| Reagan agreed to meet with this Soviet leader because of his open policy toward the Russian people | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| This cut off Soviet run eastern Europe from the democratic nations of the West | the Iron Curtain |
| This bill caused the government spent billions of dollars to help veterans setup farms and businesses | the GI Bill |
| This event embarrassed the American government and caused tension between the United States and JFK | the Bay of Pigs |
| This Moscow politician who had rejected the Communist Party led thousands of Russians in protest | Boris Yeltsin |
| This US Secretary of State saw millions of homeless and starving refugees and didn’t want communism to spread | George Marshall |
| Improvements in health care and nutrition contributed to the phenomenon/advances in medical technology after World War II | the baby boom |
| This movement was caused by the arrest of Rosa Parks for sitting in the front of a bus and led by Martin Luther King | the Montgomery Bus Boycott |
| Investment in these companies led to a stock market bubble | "dot-coms" |
| This Communist leader led a revolution in China | Mao Zedong |
| An increase in this allowed the United States to manufacture and consume, or use, more goods than any other country | productivity |
| Americans avoided the Vietnam Draft by making this life choice that wasn't always available to poor Americans | attending college |
| These agreements were controversial because they led some American businesses to move operations to other countries, where worker pay was lower and environmental regulations were weaker | free-trade agreements with foreign countries |
| the basic conflict that fueled the Cold War | capitalism vs. communism |
| This person wanted to use government money to help countries in Europe and Asia experiencing extreme poverty | George Marshall |
| Americans protested this war during the counterculture movement due to horrific events and human rights violations | Vietnam War |
| Who won the election of 1952? | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Why did the United States become involved in the Korean War? | North Korea invaded South Korea to expand communism there |
| An increase in productivity led to | 40 hour work week |
| In order to gain civil rights Dr. Martin Luther King Jr employed this tactic | Boycotts |
| Which President benefited from the invention of television? | Kennedy |
| Which of the following was a form of protest during the Vietnam War? | Burning Draft Cards |
| The US general who commanded troops in Korea was | MacArthur |
| What incident led to US troops in Vietnam? | Gulf of Tonkin Incident |
| Which act passed by Congress supported civil rights? | Voting Rights Act |
| Which social group was the draft most unfair for? | lower class |
| Reagan's plan to defend America against Nuclear War was nicknamed | Star Wars |
| This person became the first president of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union | Boris Yeltsin |
| What was established in 1945 to provide peaceful resolutions to international conflicts? | United Nations |
| This alliance of European countries helped to improve global trade | EU |
| This phenomenon increased after the Cold War ended and connected the world through trade | Globalization |
| This bill benefitted veterans by giving them money and resources to find jobs and buy housing | GI Bill |
| This president ordered a blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis | Kennedy |
| This policy led to the Russian people deciding to end communism and the Soviet Union | Glasnost |
| Reagan sought to strengthen America by increasing funding to | Military |
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