Topic 5:Cold War & the 1950s

Cold war superpowers...

• United States vs. Great Britain

• Captain America vs. Captain Underpants

• United States vs. Soviet Union

• China vs. Korea

During the Cold War (1945-1991) we lived in fear of possible...

• nuclear war

• economic depression

• wild animal attack

• environmental disaster

During the Cold War, the United States stood for...

• Communism

• Equality

• Government Control & Communism

• Democracy & Capitalism

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union stood for...

• Democracy & Capitalism

• Communism & Totalitarian control

• Freedom

• People having a say in their government

Cold War GOAL of the United States...

• imperialism

• containment

• industrialization

• overthrow the Soviet Union

The line that divided communist controlled countries from Western Europe was known as...

• the Bell Ringer

• the Line of Terror

• the Iron Curtain

• the Berlin Wall

The Marshall Plan helped stop the spread of communism by providing...

• tanks for fighting communists

• propaganda against communism

• money to help Europe rebuild after WW II

When Stalin blockaded Berlin, the U.S. responded with...

• a bomb attack over the USSR

• an assassination attempt

• sending flowers

• the Berlin Airlift

Cold War Alliance for defending DEMOCRACY...

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

• International 911

Cold War Alliance for defending COMMUNISM...

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Stalin Agreement

• Communist Alliance