Post WWII and the Cold War

What role did the U.S.S.R. play in the decision by the U.N. to respond to the N. Korean attack?

What did the new Cuban gov't do with the American-owned oil refineries and sugar plantations?

Which foreign power controlled what we now call Vietnam, after WWII?

He led Comm. in defeating Nationalists in the Civil War; creating the People's Rep. of China.

Fear that communists inside and outside the U.S. were working to destroy America

He was President of the U.S. during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

"New" western border of the Soviet Union; term coined by former Brit. P.M. Winston Churchill.

What was the main reason that the U.S. & U.S.S.R allied with one another during WWII?

This is the type of government that the S. Koreans had after WWII (and still do today)?

Which of these was considered the greatest danger of the Cold War?

12 European & N. American countries formed this in 1949 to counter Soviet Communist expansion.

What type of rev. group(s) were leading the challenge to Greece and Turkey following WWII?

Name of escalation of Vietnam conflict in 1964; gave LBJ the ability to use military in SE Asia

Reduced spending on weapons and restructuring the econ. in the U.S.S.R beginning in the 1980s.

Conflicts in which countries led Pr. Truman to make his speech to the 80th U.S. Congress?

Which leader helped overthrow Cuba's government and eventually set up a Communist dictatorship?

The Cold War ended because __________________________.

This is the line of latitude in which Korea was divided into two separate countries after WWII.

The secret "war" against Cuba; led by U.S. CIA covert operations

The "Cold" War was ______________________________________?

After skirmishes @ the 38 par. The Republic of Korea was invaded by__________ on 25 June 1950.

The relationship between the U.S. & U.S.S.R during WWII was complicated because ______________.

What did the U.S. do in retaliation for Cuba's seizing of American-owned companies in Cuba?

He was Pres. of the U.S. when Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the U.S.S.R.

Idea that if 1 country in a region came under Soviet communist influence, others would follow

What was the main reason that the Cold War ended?

Confronting the spread of Soviet comm. wherever it appeared, & keeping it from spreading.

Soviet openness to new ideas beginning in mid-1980s was known as _______________________.

Who was the leader of the U.S.S.R starting in 1985?

What happened on this date: June 25, 1950?

Poland, Czech., Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, & E. Germany become these after WWII; Soviet Annex.

In Jan. of 1960 what country did Cuba sign a trade pact with?

Why was this conflict called a "cold" war?

The 46-year struggle between the U.S. & U.S.S.R; without a direct military confrontation.

After WWII the Allies controlled _____________, a city tucked deep inside communist E. Germany.