Cold War Vocabulary

The organization of the world's nations to promote world peace is called:

What was the purpose of NATO?

The government agency in charge of the space program:

What does the acronym NATO stand for?

The bill Congress passed in 1944 that gave veterans money to spend on business, homes, schools:

The fear that if one country fell to communism then other countries would too:

The policy of trying to stop communism from spreading is called:

Russia attempting to set up a nuclear base in Cuba led to the:

The division between Eastern Europe and Western Europe is referred to as:

Truman's policy of supporting democratic countries against the spread of communism.

These were the 2 superpowers during the Cold War:

Middle class affordable houses in the suburbs:

The US senator who led a crusade against communism.

He was the US President to succeed Roosevelt.

The drastic increase in the birthrate for 1946-1954 is reffered to as this:

The first satellite in space:

This term describes the rapid buildup of weapons and military strength:

The plan to rebuild Europe after WWII:

The Warsaw Pact was between what two groups?

He was the leader of the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis:

Flying supplies into Berlin to defeat the Soviet blockade was called:

He was a Soviet leader who was a ruthless dictator: