Cold War / Berlin - week 15

Front

What was the event where East Berlin cut off all food and resources to West Berlin after WWII, prompting the US to airlift supplies?

Back

Berlin Blockade

Front

A wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West

Back

Berlin Wall

Front

A conflict between democratic US and communist USSR that lasted 40 years but never actually resulted in a war between the two superpowers - only tension

Back

Cold War

Front

US policy during Cold War to stopping the spread of communism by helping poor countries fight the USSR

Back

Containment

Front

Event in 1962 in which the USSR planned to deploy missiles to Cuba that could reach Florida - almost led to nuclear warfare

Back

Cuban Missile Crisis

Front

US idea that if one country becomes communist, its neighboring countries will follow and communism will spread like wildfire

Back

Domino Theory

Front

Term created by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the imagery divide splitting Europe between democracy and communism

Back

Iron Curtain

Front

The US provided millions of dollars to Europe after WWII to help those nations recover from the war and fight communism.

Back

Marshall Plan

Front

North Atlantic Treaty Organization - an alliance between the US and European democracies (France, Britain, etc.) in which all sides promised to help each other if attacked by the USSR

Back

NATO

Front

The policy of staying neutral during the Cold War

Back

Nonalignment