Cold War

attempt to support a revolt against Castero

Bay of Pigs

It's success resulted in the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany

Berlin Airlift

Other Key people

Castero Mao Zedong Itochi Minh Lech Walesa

Brought the world to the brink of nuclear war

Cuban Missile Crisis

Revolted against Soviet domination in 1968

Czechoslovakia

reform of communist party

Derestroika

Study the cartoon " MAYDAY!" Which statement best describes the subject of the cartoon?

Economic problems and reforms weakened the Soviet Union

The Soviet Union prevented a UN takeover of North Korea by sending soldiers and massive military aid to the region True/False

False

The Soviet Union wanted to control eastern Europe after World War II because Eastern European people had elected Communist governments True/False

False

The Truman Doctrine was a pledge to provide funds for rebuilding Europe True/False

False

The U.S. government secretly trained a force of about 1,500 Cubans, which successfully invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in April 1961 and overthrew Castro's government True/False

False

The growing threat of nuclear war had little impact on people in the United States and other nations True/False

False

The peace agreement with France divided Vietnam into two halves; Communists controlled the South and a non- communist regime controlled the North True/False

False

The people of Eastern Europe all benefited immediately from the end of communism and the introduction of market reforms True/False

False

Established a Communist government in Cuba

Fidel Castro

One reason revolution spread across Eastern Europe in 1989 was that ...

Gorbachev loosened a smaller union

As a result of the Truman Doctrine, the U.S. Congress agreed to send hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to ...

Greece and Turkey

Islamic fundamentals overthrew the Shah of Iran

Iranian Revolution

Key US people

Kennedy Nixon Reagan McCarthy

Ohio National Guard shot at student protesters on campus killing 4, wounding 9

Kent State shootings

Promoted political stability in Western Europe by aiding economic recovery

Marshall Plan

Soviet leader who started glasnost and perestroika

Mikhail Gorbachev

Who wrote the passage labeled Primary source 1

Mikhail Gorvachev

agreement to work to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to other nations and promote peaceful uses of nuclear energy

Non- proliferation treaty

nations not associated with the US or the USSR

Non-aligned Nations

Divided Germany into four zones of occupation

Potsdam Conference

Fanatical effort to expose Communists in the American film industry and government

Red Scare

(Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) worked to limit the total number of nuclear weapons

Salt Talks

Poland's anti-government protest movement

Solidarity

Key USSR people

Stalin Khrushchev Gorbachev Yeltsin

( Strategic Arms Reduction Talks) worked to reduce the total number of nuclear weapons

Start Talks

Ethnic tensions coupled with a weakening government caused the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s True/False

True

In 1973, the United States supported a military coup that overthrew Chile's democratically elected leader True/False

True

The Korean War resulted in no gain on either side True/False

True

The Soviet command economy helped the country produce gods at prewar levels by 1953 True/False

True

The United States used the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan as part of a policy of containment True/False

True

The success of the Berlin airlift was followed by the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany True/False

True

Until the Soviet Union's successful launch of Sputnik, Americans thought they had a technological edge over the Soviets True/False

True

Western Europe made a remarkable recovery from World War II in large part because of the Marshall Plan True/False

True

Military alliance formed in response to the formation of NATO

Warsaw Pact

One effect of the arms race was...

an ever- present threat of nuclear war

Which of the following did Winston Churchill use as an image to describe the division of Europe?

an iron curtain

Struggle between nations to get an advantage in weapons

arms race

US belief that if one nation fell to communism, others nearby would too

domino theory

The cartoon titled " MAYDAY!" suggests that the primary cause of the collapse of the Soviet Union was...

economic problems

The author of the passage labeled " Primary Source 1" was calling for ...

economical and political reforms in the Soviet Union

The goal of the Anti- Ballistic Missile Treaty was to...

ensure each side remained vulnerable to the other's nuclear weapons

What caused the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s?

ethnic tensions coupled with a weakening government

Soviets blocked land, rail, and water routes into West Berlin in 1948 in order to ...

force the West to leave Berlin

Nations that refused to take sides in the rivalry between superpowers in the 1950s were called...

nonaligned nations

The United States was alarmed by Soviet control of Eastern Europe at the end of World War II because...

officials believed Soviet expansion would not stop at Eastern Europe

Glasnost

openess

Wars fought in other regions but supported by Cols War opponents ( ex. Korean & Vietnam)

proxy wars

Perestroika

reform of communist party

The end of communism and the introduction of market reforms in Eastern Europe has led to...

rising immigration from Eastern Europe to Western Europe

What led to the Test Ban Treaty?

the Cuban missile crisis

Which Allied country received the largest share of German reparations after World War II?

the Soviet Union

The Cold War ended when...

the Soviet Union collapsed

One reason Western Europe made a rapid recovery from World War II was because...

the United States provided massive economic aid

With the development of nuclear- weapons, the Soviet Union and the United States based their defense strategies on...

the principle of deterrence

Soviet leaders wanted to control Eastern Europe after World War II because...

they wanted a buffer zone of friendly governments to protects against attack

What was the goal of the United States when it went to war in Korea?

to contain Communist expansion

Why did President Kennedy favor the Test Ban Treaty ?

to slow the development of new and more deadly weapons