UNIT 5- The Cold War MHS

What became a symbol of the Cold War; originally it was built to keep people IN East Berlin:

US President that is credited with bringing about the end of the 50 + year Cold War:

An alliance between US and her capitalist nation allies post-WW II:

Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis:

What region is featured on the map?

Last leader of the Soviet Union who brought about reforms in the 1980's; helped end Cold War:

Who won the Cold War in 1991:

The theory that if we allow one nation to become communist, ALL nations will become communist:

Leader of the Indian independence movement; used civil disobedience as his primary weapon:

The policy of preventing the expansion of communism started during the Truman Administration:

Communist leader of China after the communist revolution in 1949 / post World War II:

The closest the world has ever come to an all-out nuclear war:

Economic system used by the United States and its allies during the Cold War:

Time period after World War II characterized by tension between the United States and the USSR:

US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis:

Conference that that split up Germany and set up plans for Post WWII reconstruction:

War of containment where the United States could NOT prevent the spread of communism:

Economic system that was used by the Soviet Union:

An alliance between the Soviet Union and other communist nations; served to balance NATO:

The elimination of the use of nuclear weapons through mutually assured destruction {MAD}:

War of containment where the UN successfully prevented the spread of communism: