April 24 Cold War Vocabulary

accusing people of being communist without proof

US policy to halt the spread of communism

alliance of US and Western Europe to defend against the spread of communism

US president during the Cuban Missile Crisis

What was the name of the first “battle” of the cold war in 1948 took place after a Soviet blockade of the city?

alliance of USSR and her satellite states against the West

What hoped to keep Western Europe from turning to communism by providing economic aid?

Leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War 

economic system where individuals own factories to make profits

war between communist north and democratic south which was the most protested war in American history

provided military aid to Greece and Turkey to keep them from becoming communist

Soviet leader who worked to end the Cold War

US president who worked to end the Cold War

idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, other Southeast Asian nations would also fall

US president after JFK assassination / during the Vietnam War

war between communist north and democratic south which ended with a stalemate at the 38th parallel

World Peace Organization that replaced the League of Nations after WWII

Dividing line between communist controlled Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe

the state of tension between the 2 superpowers without actual fighting

Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis

What is the economic and political system where all factories and resources are owned by the government?

after WWII US and USSR emerged as the world’s strongest nations

What separated the German capital into communist east and democratic west ?

almost led to nuclear war between US and USSR