The Cold War

Vietnam is a communist country today.

Many Americans protested against the Vietnam War.

An island 90 miles off the coast of Florida!

Time period when the U.S. and the Soviet Union built and stored nuclear weapons.

Distrust between the Soviet Union and the U.S.

In 1962 the Soviet Union secretly put missile launch pads in this country.

The US did not care if communism spread throughout Asia.

How did President Kennedy use the us Navy to to defend against the Soviet threat in Cuba?

The US entered the war to help _____ and stop the spread of Communism.

During the Korean War the US helped North Korea.

The US withdrew from the war. Two years later North Vietnam overtook South Vietnam.

Allies used ___ to deliver supplies to Soviet blocked West Berlin.

The US invaded Cuba to end the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Troops were also sent to this state in case we needed to invade Cuba.

An attack on a person or another country .

The Soviet Union took control of eastern Europe after WWII.

Soviet leader who created fear of Communism and started the arms race between the US and USSR.

Surrounding an enemy's territory during wartime to keep people and supplies from passing.

The US won the Korean War and the country became one country.

People who live in Communist countries are free.

What country and city were split in two by the Iron Curtain?

North Vietnam was controlled by communists.

The Cold War never involved actual fighting between the US and Soviet Union.

The leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

An alliance of 12 countries that was formed for protection against communist aggression.

After WWII Korea was divided along the

A type of government where the government owns all the natural resources. People are not free.

A country in Southeast Asia.

The discovery of Missile launch pads in Cuba became know as

The war in Vietnam ended in a

It was the dividing line between East and West controlled countries.

North Vietnam was controlled by what country?

Soviet Union's political leader and head of the soviet Political Party after Stalin

An agreement to stop fighting.

President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

stalemate

President Roosevelt ordered the Navy to blockade ships carrying missiles from getting to Cuba.

U.S. senator who accused state department officials of being communist.

War between the U.S. and North Korea to try to keep Communism contained.

The allied power helped western Europe recover after WWII.