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