Cold War

the struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from 1945-1991 and was fought with ideas, words, and money instead of soldiers

• Marshall Plan

• The Cold War

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin Wall

an imaginary border line that divided Europe into communist and noncommunist countries from 1948-1991

• Berlin Wall

• Iron Curtain

• Arms Race

• Communism

a plan that provided $13 billion in goods to help Western Europe recover from World War II

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Iron Curtain

• United Nations

a political and economic system in which the government owns all businesses and property and makes most decisions for its citizens

• Capitalism

• Communism

Who is the dictator of Cuba?

• Asolf Hitler

• Harry Truman

• Joseph Stalin

• Fidel Castro

Who was the U.S. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Fidal Castro

• John F. Kennedy

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Joseph Stalin

Who was the Soviet leader during the cold war who backed off during the Cuban Missile Crisis, avoiding war with the U.S.?

• Nikkita Khrushchev

• Fidal Castro

• Joseph Stalin

• John F. Kennedy

The Korean War was a war between______________and _______________

• North Germany and South Germany

• North Korea and South Korea

• West Germany and East Germany

• South China and North China

Countries racing to build the most powerful weapons.

• weapons race

• weapons war

• Arms Race

• Tug of war

An international organization following World War II that works to preserve world peace

• Treaty of Nations

• Treaty of Versailles

• United Nations