Stephens - Cold War & Superpowers

What was the iron curtain?

Which leader of Yugoslavia was able to exert considerable independence from the Soviet Union?

This nation was divided at the 38th parallel in 1948, resulting in a 3-year war in 1950

accepted aid from the Soviet Union after Castro overthrew its regime

How did the Soviets respond to the rule violation in Germany in 1948?

Channeled billions of aid to western Europe to foster economic recovery

Site of failed 1961 American invasion to overthrow its dictator

Which 2 world leaders engaged in the kitchen debate in the summer of 1959?

Soviet effort to lead economies of satellite states away from ties to the west

Which Central European state liberated itself from the Nazis without the help of the Red Army?

This occupier of Germany fumed at the introduction of new currency, violating prior agreements

Winner of the power struggle in the Soviet Union in 1955 that suggested liberalism & reform

Military alliance and promise of economic aid to parts of Asia

Event that brought the world closer to nuclear war than ever before

formal military alliance of Soviet union and its satellite states

A 1956 reform movement failed when this nation tried to withdraw from the Warsaw pact

Peacetime military alliance that included much of western Europe & US

Committed the US to containment of communism & sent $ to Greece & Turkey to fight uprisings