Fast & Curious - Cold War

1950s Cold War conflict - Country still divided where it was at beginning

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Chinese Civil War

1960s-1970s Cold War conflict - Entire country became communist

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Chinese Civil War

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Alliance that includes the US

• Warsaw Pact

• Domino Theory

• NATO

• Berlin Blockade

Idea that if one nation falls to communism that other countries will fall too

• Warsaw Pact

• Domino Theory

• Marshall Plan

• Division of Germany

US policy to prevent the spread of communism

• Domino Theory

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Containment

Soviets put nuclear missiles here

Closest we have ever come to nuclear war

• Cuba

• Korea

• Vietnam

• Berlin

Allies dropped food and supplies because of Soviet blockade

• Warsaw Pact

• Marshall Plan

• Berlin Airlift

• Domino Theory

US gave money to European countries

Wanted to help them resist communism

• Domino Theory

• NATO

• Containment

• Marshall Plan

Spread fear and made accusations that people were communists

• Marshall Plan

• McCarthyism

• Arms Race

• Iron Curtain

Imaginary line in Europe that separated communist and democratic countries

• Containment

• NATO

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin Blockade