Cold War Review

1962: the U.S. discovered that the Soviets secretly placed powerful weapons near Florida

This conflict ended in 1973; the country became communist two years later.

The strategy used by the U.S. to get food and other supplies to a city under Soviet control

An alliance created to stop the spread of communism throughout Europe and the rest of the world

A conflict that ended in 1953 with neither side truly winning; the country remained divided

The Soviet leader who helped Fidel Castro set up a communist government in Cuba

Its launch by the Soviet Union lead to the creation of NASA and the space race

The U.S. President who took over after FDR's death and tried to stop the spread of communism

British Prime Minister who wanted Western Europe to stay democratic with the help of the U.S.

An anti-communist who believed there were communist spies working for the U.S. government

The Soviet leader at the beginning of the Cold War

Was the Iron Curtain a real wall or something you could touch?

A symbol of the differences between communist and non-communist countries in Europe