Cold War Review
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Cold War Review
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Formed in 1949 Military alliance of several noncommunist
countries --- “An attack on one is an attack on all”
Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact Formed in response to NATO Military Alliance of the Soviet Union and
Eastern Bloc Countries “An attack on one is an attack on all”
Bay of Pigs
Bay of Pigs US trained Cuban exiles and invaded
Cuba in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. Kennedy was President Attempt failed
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis An event that almost brought the US
and the Soviet Union to the brink of war. Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba
and aimed them at the United States JFK and Khrushchev avoided war
Democracy
Democracy A government characterized by freedom The people have the power The United States is a democracy
Communism
Political theory where property is publicly owned and a classless society develops
Soviet Union was considered communism, though not in its truest sense.
What countries in the world today are considered communist?
1. Cuba 2. China 3. Laos 4. Vietnam 5. N. Korea
John F. Kennedy
Became president in 1961 Was assassinated in 1963 Domestic Policy was New Frontier Was President during Cuban Missile
Crisis and the Bay of Pigs
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev Leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin Went head-to-head with President
Kennedy
Containment
Containment Trying to do whatever possible to stop
the spread of communism
Marshall Plan
An economic plan to help rebuild Europe The US offered money to countries that
did not support communism to help them rebuild
Eastern Bloc
Countries behind the Iron Curtain; countries that supported the Soviet Union
Fidel Castro
Communist leader of Cuba Recently stepped down and now his
brother is leading the country
Berlin Wall
Wall built to separate the East and West in Germany
Capitalism
An economic system Characterized by free market, supply
and demand – people decide what services to buy and sell
The United States has a Capitalist system
Socialism An economic and political system where
the means of production is regulated by the government
It’s the in between capitalism and communism
Totalitarianism
Totalitarianism Stalin/Krushschev
Every aspect of daily life is controlled by the government, the dictator