Cold War

_____were nations that were subject to Soviet domination and served as buffers against attacks.

The Bay of Pigs was an unsucessful attempt to overthrow which communist government?

Vietnam was temporarily divided at the ___ parallel until elections took place

1961, Soviet astronaut, _____, was the first man in space

What does OPEC stand for?

This group was known for setting booby traps and gurerilla war tactics in Vietnam.

Who said, “We will bury capitalism.”

What did SEATO stand for?

Which war began with the fall of Indochina?

1. Truman gave military aid to the ____ as they tried to retake Indochina after WWII?

What does NASA stand for?

1. The U.S. used the _____ theory to justify giving military aid to South Vietnam.

_____ became the communist dictator of Cuba in 1959.

Which 2 countries were considered to be the world’s superpowers from the 1940’s-1991

The __ plan was proposed in the U.N. to regulate nuclear energy and eliminate atomic weapons.

In 1957, the ____ launched the first satellite called Sputnik.

President Truman’s first test towards the policy of containment occurred with ___________

Identify HUAC

What impact did the nuclear arms race between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. have on U.S. Citizens?

1961, ______ was the first American in space

1. The _____, a terrible symbol of the Cold War, was destroyed in 1989.

This act passed in 1944, to help veterans go to college and gave them low interest mortgages?

________was the communist leader of North Vietnam.

was the American diplomat who declared that the U.S. must adopt a firm policy of containment.

Who became the new Soviet leader in 1956?

This officially gave the U.S. a "Blank Check," to go to war in Vietnam?

The Civil War in China was between the

The ________ was created in 1945, in San Francisco, to act as a peace keeping organization.

The "Most shocking episode of the Vietnam War," took place in a small village town of

The Soviets developed ___ which could deliver nuclear warheads anywhere in the world in minutes