Cold War Flashcards
(25 cards)
Cold War
Rivalry between us and Soviet Union fighting for world domination
Korean War
Communist North Korea invaded South Korea
NATO
made to stop communism
Joseph McCarthy
Anti communist senator who scared Americans about communism
Nikita kruchev
Dictator of the Soviet Union after the Soviet Union missile crisis
Iron curtain
Symbolic boundary that divided Europe into 2
Cuban missile crisis
Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba and aimed them at the USA
Vietnam war
Communist north Vietnam fought south Vietnam
German reunification
West and east Germany finally reunited
Berlin Wall
Wall that divided East and West Berlin
Communism
Govt has total control
Airlift
Flying supplies into Berlin to help those in need
What happened in 1945
Cold War starts
What happened in 1950
Korean War starts
What happened in 1961
Berlin Wall is built
What was the Cold War
45 year long conflict of distrust between USA and Soviet Union
What was the iron curtain
Invisible line that divided communists and non communists countries in Europe
What was the Cuban missile crisis
Soviet Union placed missiles from Cuba and turkey
How did the Cuban missile crisis end
Peaceful agreement to remove all nuclear missiles from Cuba and turkey
What was the outcome of the Korean War
After 3 years of no progress a truce was called.
Korea is still divided to this day
What country was divide into 4 parts after WW2
Germany
What was built to divide East Berlin and West Berlin
Berlin Wall
What caused the arms race between the us and the USSR
Each country wanted a strong military presence on global scale
What happened in 1991
Soviet Union collapses and isn’t a thing anymore
