Unit #10 Cold War

A military alliance between Western European Countries, the U.S. and Canada.

A military alliance between Western European Countries, the Soviet Union and China.

A military alliance between Eastern European Countries, Including the Soviet Union and its satellite nations.

A military alliance between Eastern European Countries.

Iron Curtain

Soviet-Communist War

Korean War

Cold War

United States to increase spending on technology, education and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union

Soviet Union to move missiles and warships to Cuba in order to threaten the United States

United States to send troops and aid to East Berlin to free it from Soviet control

Soviet Union to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace were violated

Korean War

Berlin Airlift

Cuban Missile Crisis

Space Race

Vietnam War

U.S. naval blockade of Cuba

Anti-war protests in the U.S.

1950-1953

Discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba

Negotiations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

President John F. Kennedy

Country Falls to Communism

38th Parallel as the dividing line

No Winner

Ho Chi Minh

U.S. military escalation

Removal of missiles in exchange for U.S. non-invasion pledge

North Korea invades South Korea

October 1962

1955-1975

Communist North, Democratic South

Implemented land reforms in Japan

Promoted democratic elections in Japan

Encouraged economic recovery through industrial policies

Created a new constitution for Japan

Oversaw the occupation of Japan

Established the Japanese Self-Defense Forces

Ham - USA

Vietcong - South Vietnamese communists

Berlin Wall - Divided Germany

Laika - USSR

Containment of Communism - Dominos

NATO

NASA

Warsaw Pact

Containment

Stop North Korean Aggression

Stop North Vietnam from entering South Vietnam

Berlin Airlift

Stop Normady Invasion

to prevent the collapse of the government of North Vietnam

to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam

to stop Vietnam from taking over Hong Kong

to prevent attacks against United States shipping