Cold War (Unit 7) Review

What was one of JFK's biggest accomplishments under his administation?

The Truman Doctrine was created to help spread Communism in Europe

What country was the first to get a sattelite into orbit in space?

What event was a turning point in the Vietnam war for credibility sake of the american people?

What was the name given to the North Vietnam Army?

1968 was a year filled with turmoil and deaths of main politcal and activist leaders.

What president brought a new energy to elections and represented a new kind of president in 1960?

Fidel Castro was a communist who overtook Cuba in 1959 and created an alliance with the USSR

Who became president as a result of RFK being killed and the democrat party being in shambles?

The US supported Cuba in the 1950's because they were not a communist nation

What foreign policy stated that the US wanted to maintain communism where it already was, and not allow it to spread?

What theory stated that if one nation fell to communism, all the other surrounding ones would as well?

What event occured when Nixon became president that lead to the public not being in support of the government?

What alliance was created to help protect many western european nations from attack?

How did the US continue to send soldiers to Vietnam when nationalism crashed?

Why do missles in Cuba scare the US significantly more than missles in the Soviet Union?

By 1946, Europe was divided by a line that split the land between communism and non-communist area, called what?

What form of government did the US oppose and want to limit from spreading?

The Atomic Bomb led to a strain in the relationship between the US and the Soviet Union, starting tensions.

Who was the leader of North Vietnam during the time of the Vietnam War?

Who were the two major superpower countries following WWII?

A hawk was a label used for someone who was anti-war