Cold War confrontation and detente

The Korean War is an example of confrontation because

• The US "fought" the Soviets by sending troops to Korea.

• The US and Soviets declared war on each other

• The US and Soviets did not get involved but were hoping their side would win.

• The US and the Soviets only sent money to NOrth and South Korea.

The Cold War ended (best detente ever) when

• The USSR broke apart

• The Soviets took over Eastern Europe

• The US nuked the Soviets

• The US and Soviet Union agreed to eliminate some nuclear weapons.

The Cold War experienced a significant detente when

• The US and Soviets stopped fighting each other

• They fought in the Korean War

• They created NATO and the Warsaw Pact

• The Soviet Union and the US agreed to eliminate some of their weapons in the SALT talks

Tensions rose in the Cold War when Truman announced his "doctrine" which said he wanted to

• wipe communism off the face of the earth

• contain communism

• put nuclear missiles in countries near the USSR

• scold communists and say how bad they are

The Marshall Plan may have been a more neutral (coexistant) action because

• it offered money to European countries to rebuild after WW2

• it threatened any communist country with war

• it fought against communism in Western Europe

• it started the arms race

The "arms race" raised tensions because

• it was an agreement to get rid of weapons

• it encouraged each to put a man in space

• it was a competition to make more and better weapons than each other

• they were racing to see who could gain land in China

The "Space Race" started because

• the US put the first satellite in orbit

• the Soviet Union put the first satellite into orbity

Which leader tried to make big changes in the USSR in the 80s?

• Khrushchev

• Gorbachev

• Putin

• Stalin

Glasnost means

• openness- more freedom of speech and press

• discrimination

• better economic policies

• changing to democracy with free elections

Perestroika means

• openness- more freedom of speech and press

• discrimination

• better economic policies

• changing to democracy with free elections