1. 1945 - 1991 When did the Cold War Take Place? The Cold War
Look where appeasing Hitler got us. I’ll not appease Stalin.

2.  Which one occurred in 1969? Timeline Events Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Vietnam War
USA lands on Moon
Détente
Berlin Wall Goes Up
Berlin Wall Comes Down
Sputnik
JFK Shot
Soviet Union Collapses
Korean War 

3. United States vs. Soviet Union
What two nations are rivals in the Cold War?
United States
vs.
Soviet Union

4. What was the name of the Senator that began a Communist witch hunt?
“While I can not take the time to name all …in the State Dept. who have been named…Communists and spies…I have a list of 205 known Communist allowed to work in the State Dept.”
Senator Joseph McCarthy
Witch Hunts

5. Espionage Who are these two? The Rosenberg's
What were they convicted of?
Espionage
The Rosenberg's

6. Truman Doctrine
What is the U.S. pledge to fight communism worldwide?

7. Soviets in Turkey and Greece
Where did the Cold War heat up first?
Soviet Union
Turkey
Greece
What is the overall U.S. policy in the Cold War?
Straits of Dardanelles
Containment

8. Stable countries don’t fight. We don’t want them going Communist
What was put in place to economically assist Europe?
Why give them money?
U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall
Stable countries don’t fight.
We don’t want them going Communist
Marshall Plan

9. Who is this? 2

10. What is this object?
Sputnik
Who launched it?
Soviet Union
What did this mean for America?
What year?
1957
Not winning the Cold War / Space Race

11. How many divisions in Germany after WWII?
8 total / 2 Blocs – Communism vs. Capitalism

12. The Berlin Airlift What did the Soviet Union do to Berlin after WWII?
Blockade
What did the U.S. do to end the harm of the blockade? 2

13. NATO Warsaw What was the capitalist DEFENSE Alliance?
What was the communist DEFENSE Alliance?
Warsaw 2

14. What does the black line represent according to Winston Churchill?
Iron Curtain

15. Berlin Wall
What was built in 1961 to divide Communism and Capitalism in Germany’s capital?
West = Democracy and capitalism
East = Dictatorship and Communism

16. China When did China go Communist? 1949 Who was the Communist leader?
It’s Big
When did China go Communist?
1949
Who was the Communist leader?
MAO

17. Great Leap Forward Does it work? No; 55 million starved
What is Mao’s plan to increase production?
Does it work?
No; 55 million starved

18. Where is Korea divided?
38th Parallel

20. Why worry with Korea?
Containment
Policy 2

21. We invaded China… Just a little bit
Why do the Chinese flood into the fight to help North Korea?
We invaded China…
Just a little bit 2

22. What happened to MacArthur? Why fired?
Who was the American General in charge in Korea?
MacArthur
What happened
to MacArthur?
Publicly criticized
Truman
Why fired?
Fired! 2

23. Was the Korean War a declared war?No
Do we consider the fight in Korea
a success?
Yes
Why?
We contained communism;
fulfilled our goal 2

24. When was the Korean War fought? 1950 - 19532

25. Stalin’s strong successors
Who’s this?
Khrushchev
Who’s this?
Gorbachev

26. Leader during Cuba issues Perestroika / Glasnost
What’s he famous for?
Leader during Cuba issues
Began talks with JFK
What’s he famous for?
Perestroika / Glasnost
Ending the Cold War

27. Who did the U.S. send to try to take out Castro?
Bay of Pigs
What occurred in Cuba in 1961?
Who did the U.S. send to try to take out Castro?
90 Miles
Cuban Exiles

28. Bay of Pigs Invasion Who was president during this event? JFK
Was the invasion successful?
No; a failure

29. 1962 What event occurred next in Cuba? What year? Was it a success?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What event occurred next in Cuba?
What year?
1962
Was it a success?
Yes

30. In the event of an a-bomb?
“Duck and Cover”
What were Americans
Told to do
In the event of an a-bomb?
What does M.A.D. stand for?
Mutual Assured Destruction

31. Détente
What is the French Term used to describe the relaxation of tensions in the 1970s?
Nixon also visits China during the World Ping Pong Tourny
Red Telephone put in Oval Office as direct line to the Soviet Union – 1963

32. 1980s Reagan’s Defense Idea Also called SDI
Strategic Defense Initiative
Called for deployment of weapons to intercept and destroy incoming missiles.
Because of M.A.D. : Mutually Assured Destruction
We’ll shoot their missiles down with lasers!

33. When did the Vietnam War Take Place?
1955 – 1975
All of the 1960s!
When did the Vietnam War Take Place?

34. Why worry with them? Where is Vietnam?? Southeast Asia
Containment Policy
Domino Theory

35. Where did he go to get assistance in independence?
Who was the leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Where did he go to get assistance in independence?
Soviet Union

36. originally help the Vietminh?
Why does the U.S.
originally help the Vietminh?
Japan is a common enemy during WWII
What nation comes back to recolonize after WWII?
France

37. Where is Vietnam Divided?
The 17th Parallel
Diem
Who is the leader of South Vietnam?

38. Vietcong = V.C. V.C. = Victor Charlie
Why is Diem so hated?
No Elections!!!???!!
Why not hold elections?
He knows he’d lose to Ho Chi Minh
What is the communist fighting force called?
Vietcong = V.C.
V.C. = Victor Charlie

39. NATO Phonetic Alphabet

40. Who was president during much of Vietnam?
Lyndon Johnson
What was passed giving Johnson much military power?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

41. What was the mission in Vietnam?
Search and Destroy
What did we use to Search and Destroy?
Napalm and Agent Orange

42. Tunnels / Ho Chi Minh Trail
What did Vietcong use to complete a hidden war?
Tunnels / Ho Chi Minh Trail

43. What is Vietnamese New Year called?
Tet
What happened on Jan 30, 1968?
Massive attack by Charlie
Why is Tet Offensive so important / pivotal?
Americans saw on news / thought war should be over / got mad… more protest

44. Did the U.S. win the war in Vietnam?No
Why?
No containment
Had to leave war; Vietcong took over
What is the Vietnam Memorial shaped like?
“v” / Scar

45. Protest; 4 students killed by National Guard.
What happened at Kent State University?
Protest; 4 students killed by National Guard.