The Cuban Missile Crisis was

partly caused by the Bay of Pigs Invasion, was a seriously scary situation for the US, a cause for the creation of a 'hotline' between US and USSR, the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war

promised to help nations struggling against Communism

Mutually assured destruction

meant both sides would be annihilated, helped keep nuclear war from actually happening, was a policy used by JFK, is shortened to MAD

Why was it a "cold" war?

Because the US and USSR didn't fight directly

The Berlin Wall was built

to keep East Germans from escaping to West Berlin

The Bay of Pigs Invasion was

a main cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a huge failure

Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea

"Iron Curtain" represented the

division of Europe - Communist East and Pro-Democracy West

gave $$$ to countries rebuilding after WWII

After WWII, Germany was

under the control of the 4 allied countries, broken into 4 occupation zones

was the stockpiling of nuclear weapons

The Berlin Air Lift was

a way to get supplies into a blockaded West Berlin

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1
The Korean War
ended in a "cease fire"
was a victory for North Korea
was the first nuclear war
was a victory for South Korea
2
The Cuban Missile Crisis was
partly caused by the Bay of Pigs Invasion
was a seriously scary situation for the US
a cause for the creation of a 'hotline' between US and USSR
the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war
3
The Truman Doctrine
promised to help nations struggling against Communism
isolated the US from Europe
allied the US with USSR
removed financial aid from foreign countries
4
Mutually assured destruction
meant both sides would be annihilated
helped keep nuclear war from actually happening
was a policy used by JFK
is shortened to MAD
5
Why was it a "cold" war?
because it led to a period of technological backtracking
because it wasn't that big of a deal
Because the US and USSR didn't fight directly
because it happened during the winter
6
The Berlin Wall was built
to imprison all of West Berlin
to protect West Berlin from aggression
to encourage the economic relationship between E & W Berlin
to keep East Germans from escaping to West Berlin
7
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was
a main cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis
planned by Fidel Castro
a huge success
a huge failure
8
DMZ stands for
Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea
demolition zone about areas with building construction
demarketed zone about areas without economic activity
demonetized zone that signifies areas without money
9
"Iron Curtain" represented the
separation between Churchill and Truman
change in power in Britain
division of Europe - Communist East and Pro-Democracy West
separation of North and South Korea
10
The Marshall Plan
gave $$$ to the USSR
gave $$$ to countries rebuilding after WWII
gave $$$ to Americans
gave $$$ to Germany
11
After WWII, Germany was
under the control of the 4 allied countries
broken into 4 occupation zones
cut off completely from the rest of the world
left a united country in control of its own government
12
Arms race
was like a foot race, but with arms
was a race between East and West Germany
was the stockpiling of nuclear weapons
was the race to have the most advanced space program
13
The Berlin Air Lift was
a way to cut West Berlin off from the East
a way to get contraband into Germany
a way to get supplies into a blockaded West Berlin
a way to evacuate people from West Berlin

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