The United States and the Soviet Union
Capitalism vs. Communism
The Truman Doctrine and the Iron Curtain speech
The Vietnam War
South Vietnam
To unify Vietnam under communist rule
A major coordinated attack by North Vietnamese forces in 1968
Due to mounting public pressure and high costs
Vietnam was unified under communist rule in 1975
A conflict where the USSR invaded Afghanistan to support a communist government
The US supported Afghan mujahideen rebels
It weakened the Soviet economy and morale, contributing to its collapse
Afghan guerrilla fighters opposed to the Soviet invasion
Answer
1947 to 1991
The Soviet Union withdrew, and Afghanistan fell into civil war
Conflicts in countries like Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Chile
A campaign by South American dictatorships to suppress left-wing movements
US-backed rebel groups fighting the Sandinista government in Nicaragua
The US supported the coup against President Salvador Allende
A standoff over Soviet missiles in Cuba in 1962
The USSR agreed to remove missiles in exchange for US concessions
A US-led operation to supply West Berlin during the Soviet blockade
It symbolized the division between East and West during the Cold War
1961
1989
To counter Soviet influence in Europe
A military alliance of communist states led by the USSR
A conflict between North and South Korea, involving the US and China
To stop the spread of communism
An armistice that divided Korea at the 38th parallel
A competition between the US and USSR for dominance in space exploration
The USSR, with Sputnik in 1957
The creation of NASA and increased investment in science education
Both sides used spies to gather intelligence
A US spy plane was shot down over the USSR in 1960
A period of eased tensions between the US and USSR in the 1970s
An agreement to limit nuclear weapons
Many were drawn into proxy wars or forced to align with a superpower
A policy of supporting anti-communist insurgencies
It mediated conflicts and provided a platform for diplomacy
A competition to build more advanced and numerous nuclear weapons
US aid to rebuild Europe and counter communism
Both sides used media to promote their ideologies
A metaphorical division between Eastern and Western Europe
A 1968 movement in Czechoslovakia for political liberalization, crushed by the USSR
The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991
A policy of openness introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev
A policy of economic restructuring in the USSR
Conflicts where the superpowers supported opposing sides without direct confrontation