Cold War

Who was President of the U.S. for the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis?

Who was the leader of the Soviet UNion when it collapsed?

What two world superpowers were involved in the Cold War?

Who was the first person in space?

This was constructed in 1961 and served as a "physical" barrier between communism and democracy

What was the fear of communism that spread in the U.S. called?

Investigated alleged disloyal and subversive people suspected of having Communist ties.

This man was the pilot of a U-2 plane shot down over the Soviet Union

Who was the leader of the Nationalists during the Chinese Civil War?

Who were the two spies that were put to death for sending atomic bomb secrets to the Soviets

This country had a communist government and socialist economy

What is the name of the military alliance the U.S. formed after WWII

In what years did the Berlin Airlift take place?

Who was the leader of the communists during the Chinese Civil War?

This man took over as President of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union

What American president started the containment policy?

Which of the following countries are all communist today

This was set up by President Kennedy and sent young Americans to foreign countries

This was an event where the U.S. flew and dropped supplies in East Berlin for 11 months.

What organization tries to solve world problems peacefully?

This program offered 13 billion dollars in aid to European countries.

This man was the leader of Cuba during the Bay of Pigs/Cuban Missile Crisis

What is the name for countries the Soviets ruled in Eastern Europe called?

Which of the following countries were all Warsaw Pact countries?

Falsely accusing poeple of being traitors is called what?

This country had a deomcratic government and capitalist economy

Theory that if one nation falls to communism so will many more.

10 motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who appeared before the HUAC in 1947

What launched signaled the start of the space race?

What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society?

What incident involved the soviets bringing nuclear weapons to Cuba?

What incident caused conflict between the US and Cuba when we tried to overthow Castro

Promised military/economic aid to any Middle Eastern country needing help resisting communism

What was the imaginary line called that divided Europe between capitalist West & Communist East

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

In response to the formation of NATO the Soviets did what?

A competition between 2 countries to build the strongest military is called what?

After WWII Americans leaders followed this policy to stop the spread of communism

This program promised to support nations trying to resist communism

Created by Reagan nicknamed Star Wars, it attempted to block missiles from reaching the US

What event occured as a result of the Berlin blockade?