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M.A.D. stands for Mutually Assured Destruction. This states that in a nuclear war, both countries would destroy each other.
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Truman was the president of the US during the Korean war. He ordered US support for the war.
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Period of heightened aggression between the US and the USSR. This resulted in an arms race where both sides wanted to build up their stockpile of nuclear weapons and invent more powerful nuclear weapons.
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The US dropped two nuclear bombs, the first of their kind, on two Japanese cities to quickly end the Pacific Theater of WWII. This introduced a new technology, and led to an arms race between the US and the USSR to make more and stronger nuclear bombs. -
A telegram sent by the Soviet ambassador in the US. The telegram detailed exaggerated claims on how the US viewed the Soviet Union.
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A telegram sent by the US ambassador in the Soviet Union. It detailed how the Soviet Union viewed the US and capitalism.
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The Truman Doctrine was enacted by President Truman. It said that the US would provide military, political, and economic aid to democratic nations that are being threatened by communist nations.
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The Marshall plan was enacted to provide aid to Western Europe. The plan mostly provided economic aid.
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The USSR attempted to blockade Berlin, and starve the city to try and turn them to communism. The US and its allies started transporting food and supplies to the city through the air. This was a massive effort and was successful. Berlin's mayor did not turn to communism.
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NATO was a treaty between western European and 2 North American countries. It was a military alliance.
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The Korean war was a war between North Korea and China against South Korea and the US. North Korea adopted a communist government while South Korea did not want to become a communist nation. The US fought on the side of South Korea to prevent the spread of Communism. Communism did not spread to South Korea.
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The US and UN provided support for South Korea in the war. South Korea was fighting to save their democracy, and the US supported their efforts.
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Krustchev was the leader of the Soviet Union when the Berlin Wall was built. He was in favor of building the Berlin Wall to stop the brain drain in the Soviet Union.
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A treaty between the USSR and other soviet states. It was a defense treaty.
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A race between the US and the Soviet Union on who could shoot something into space first. The USSR sent something into space first, but the US had the first man on the moon.
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A War between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The US joined and fought for South Vietnam to try and prevent the spread of Communism. The War was televised and led to protests in the US.
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A Soviet Satellite was launched into space. It was the first successful satellite.
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Fidel Castro was the leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He wanted the Soviet Union to send aid to help protect the young communist state from the US.
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JFK was in office during the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. He successfully navigated the Cuban Missile Crisis by avoiding nuclear war and getting the Soviet Union to remove their missiles from Cuba.
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The Berlin wall was built by the USSR to prevent the intellectuals from leaving Communist countries. This is an example of Churchill's iron curtain because it divided Communist and Capitalist countries. -
The USSR sent intercontinental ballistic missiles to Cuba so that they could launch an attack on American soil. This posed a large threat to the US because it was the first time they could be attacked on their home soil. -
China want to to return to its former glory under its leader Mao Zedong. His philosophy was to use China's youth to destroy the old ways of life and the old culture of China, and establish a new way of life. He thought that the youth were the future of China. He turned to Communism to try and help China. -
Nixon was the US president during the Vietnam war. He implemented Vietnamization to withdraw US soldiers from Vietnam.
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Due to the protests in the US, the US government had to pull out their troops in Vietnam. The soldiers were pulled out gradually, and were replaced by south Vietnamese soldiers.
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The United States put the first man on the moon. Finally beat the Soviet Union in the space race.
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A war in Afghanistan where the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to try and get closer to the oil trade in the Middle East. They claimed that they only invaded for protection against the US.
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A missile defense system proposed by the US. It was never implemented because the technology was too advanced for the time.
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The Mujahideem was a guerrilla group in Afghanistan. The US provided weapons to the Mujahideem so they could fight the Soviets.
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A treaty signed by the former nations of the Soviet Union after its collapse. Some countries have left the Commonwealth since it was created.