Cold War Review Flashcards
(36 cards)
Cold War
Rivalry between US and Soviet Union fighting for world domination
Communism
Government has total control
Airlift
Flying supplies into Berlin to help those in need
Korean
Communist North Korea invaded South Korea
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, made to stop communism
Joseph McCarthy
Anti communist senator who scared Americans about communism
Nikita Khrushchev
Dictator of the Soviet Union after Stalin, planned Cuban missed crisis
Iron Curtain
Symbolic boundary that’s 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
Berlin Wall
Wall that divided east Berlin ( communists) and West Berlin
German Renuification
West and East Germany finally reunited
What happened in 1945
Cold War Starts
What happened in 1950
Korean War Starts ; North Korea invades South Korea
What happened in 1961
Berlin Wall is built
What was the Cold War
45 year long conflict of distrust between Us and 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 communists and non communist countries in Europe
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba and pointed them at the USA
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end
Peaceful agreement to remove all nuclear missiles from Cuba and Turkey
What was the Korean War
Civil War in which North Korea invaded South Korea
What was the outcome of the Korean War
After 3 years and no progress a truce was called. Korea is still dived to this day
What country was divided into four parts after WW1
Germany
What was unique about this division
Berlin, the German capital was controlled by the Soviet Union