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Winston Churchill symbolize the great division between the Communist and free world.

Iron Curtain

The four decades following World War II.

Cold War

Communist leader of Yugoslavia

Marshal Tito

Announced that the United States would support any country threatened by Communist aggression.

Truman Doctrine (1947)

This policy, developed by George Kennan, used military, economic, diplomatic, and psychological means to curtail Communism's advance.

Containment

Provided $5.3 billion to economically assist war-ravaged Europe.

Marshall Plan (1948)

A regional military alliance to ensure defense against Soviet expansion.

NATO (1949)

What was the name of the communist military alliance in eastern europe

Warsaw Pact

The Soviets and the Americans increased their peacetime production of nuclear and conventional weapons.

Arms Race

Wars limited to specific geographic areas.

Limited Wars

North Korean forces invaded South Korea with the Communists intending to expand their influence.

Korean War (1950-53)

Under this general, UN forces mounted a daring counteroffensive and secured South Korea.

Douglas MacArthur

The border between North and South Korea.

38th Parallel

A significant challenge to the containment of communism during the Cold War.

Vietnam War (1963-75)

Who was the leader of north vietnamese in vietnam war

Ho Chi Minh

The Vietnamese Communists scored this major victory over the French, annihilating a major French army.

Battle of Dien Bien Phu

Vietnam was divided into two parts at this border--the Communist north and the non-Communist south.

17th Parallel

Communist guerrillas who began subversive activities in South Vietnam.

Viet Cong

Formed to keep South Vietnam and other Asian nations free from communism.

SEATO (1954)

Stated that if Vietnam fell to communism, then other countries of Asia would fall.

Domino Theory

Through this, the American Congress authorized President Lyndon Johnson to "take all necessary measures to repel . . . attack against . . . the United States."

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964)

Demonstrated the Viet Cong's surprising strength on South Vietnamese cities.

Tet Offensive

A program in which the Americans gradually withdrew from the war and turned the burden of the fighting over to the South Vietnamese.

Vietnamization

This Communist dictator seized power in Cuba and allied his country with the Soviet Union.

Fidel Castro

This fiasco was a total failure to oust Castro.

Bay of Pigs (1961)

Emerged as the new leader of the Soviet Union when Stalin died.

Nikita Khrushchev

Aimed to keep the positions of ideological struggle without resorting to arms to prove that one is right.

"Peaceful Coexistence"

The first man-made earth satellite.

Sputnik

US spy plane was shot down over the USSR. Khrushchev used this as an excuse for breaking off talks at the Paris summit conference.

"U-2 Incident"

A concrete-and-barbed-wire wall separating East and West Berlin. The most recognizable symbol of the Cold war struggle between the Free and the Communist worlds.

Berlin Wall

President Kennedy insisted that the Soviets remove their missiles from Cuba.

Cuban Missile Crisis

Relaxation of tensions.

Detente

Limited the amount of nuclear weapons that each superpower could possess.

SALT (1972)

This US president was determined to restore America's prestige in the world; at the same time, he denounced the evils of communism.

Ronald Reagan

A new weapons system designed to use American space, laser, and satellite technology to provide a shield against incoming Soviet missiles.

SDI

Last communist leader in soviet union

Mikhail Gorbachev

A wide range of social, political, and economic reforms. "Restructuring."

Perestroika

"Openness" in which the Soviet people were encouraged to evaluate and even criticize their leaders to promote better government.

Glasnost

A powerful labor union in Poland.

Solidarity

This head of Solidarity and leader of the movement for reform and resistance was elected president in Poland.

Lech Walesa

First elected leader in russian history

Boris Yeltsin

Composed of eleven Soviet republics that declared independence from the Soviet Union.

Commonwealth of Independent States (December 1991)

With this, Mao sought to improve Chinese agriculture and bring industry up to Western standards.

"Great Leap Forward"

Mao launched this in an attempt to stir up zeal for radical communism.

"Cultural Revolution"

A group of students began a demonstration here in the Chinese capital of Beijing.

Tiananmen Square

The climax of the "big government" policies trending in the 1960s.

"Great Society"

African-Americans made enormous gains in politics and society.

Civil Rights Movement

Opened in 1959 and fostered economic growth in Canada.

St. Lawrence Seaway

Served as prime minister of Canada during much of 1968-84.

Pierre Trudeau

This Conservative became prime minister of Canada in 1984. He established strong ties with the United States.

Brian Mulroney

When this man became president of Mexico, the top priority was the privatization of industry.

Carlos Salinas

Helped increase the standard of living of many Mexicans, providing jobs and opening the American border to increased trade.

NAFTA

The disgruntled farmers in Chiapas who revolted.

Zapatistas

This chancellor of Germany rebuilt his nation.

Konrad Adenauer

This leader of the Free French led a provisional government until 1946.

Charles de Gaulle

A government with a constitution that provided for a strong president.

Fifth Republic

This Conservative became leader of her party and campaigned against Great Britain's slide toward socialism.

Margaret Thatcher

What was the model for spy plane Soviet Union

U2

2 presidents at the Start Korean war and Vietnam war

Truman & Johnson (?)

2 presidents at the End Korean war and Vietnam war

Gerald Ford & Eisenhower

Soviet union unsuccessfully invaded 1980s, united states pull out at 2021

afghanistan

The two main leaders at the center of the Cuban Missile Crisis

John F. Kennedy & Nikita Khrushchev

Name of the US navel base in Cuba

Guantanamo bay

North korea river

Yalu River

communist Romania executed on Christmas Day

Nicolae Ceaușescu