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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
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization • Formed in 1949 • Military alliance of several noncommunist countries --- “An attack on one is an attack on all”
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 • US trained Cuban exiles and invaded Cuba in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. • Kennedy was President • Attempt failed
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 • A government characterized by freedom • The people have the power • The United States is a democracy
Political theory where property is publicly owned and a classless society develops • Soviet Union was considered communism, though not in its truest sense.
1. Cuba • 2. China • 3. Laos • 4. Vietnam • 5. N. Korea
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 • Leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin • Went head-to-head with President Kennedy
Containment • Trying to do whatever possible to stop the spread of communism
An economic plan to help rebuild Europe • The US offered money to countries that did not support communism to help them rebuild
Countries behind the Iron Curtain; countries that supported the Soviet Union
Communist leader of Cuba • Recently stepped down and now his brother is leading the country
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 • Stalin/Krushschev • Every aspect of daily life is controlled by the government, the dictator