COLD WAR REVIEW Flashcards
(21 cards)
Cold War
Rivalry between US & Soviet Union fighting for world domination
Communism
Government has total control
Airlift
Flying supplies into Berlin to help those in need
Korean War
Commie North Korea invade South Korea
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, made to stop communsion
Joseph McCarthy
Anti-commie senator who scared Americans about communism
Nikita Khrushchev
Dictator of the Soviet Union after Stalin, planned Cuban 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
Commie North Vietnam fought South Vietnam
Berlin Wall
Wall that divided East Berlin (commies) & West Berlin
German Reunification
West & East Germany finally reunited
What happened in 1945?
Cold War Starts
What happened in 1950?
Korean War starts; North Korea invaded South Korea
What happened in 1961?
Berlin Wall is built
What was the Cold War?
45 year long conflict of distrust between USA & Soviet Union
What are the differences between a communist and a capitalist government?
Communist= Government in total control Capitalist= People in control
What was the “Iron Curtain”?
Invisible line that divided communist and non-communist countries in Europe
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba & pointed them at the USA
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
Peaceful agreement to remove all nuclear missiles from Cuba & Turkey
What was the Korean War?
Civil War in which North Korea invaded South Korea
