The Cold War Era

The defense pact formed in 1949 by the US, Canada, and ten European nations against the USSR 

Who was the US general assigned to supervise the reconstruction of Japan after World War II?

The SALT talks represented an easing of tensions between the superpowers, sometimes called

Which of the following was not a cause of the creation of NASA?

What happened as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The policy of hard-line negotiation with your opponent, taking him to the edge of ultimatum, is

The belief that a Communist victory in one nation will lead to victories in nearby countries

A nation whose domestic and foreign policies depended upon the approval of the Soviet Union

In which European countries was the financial support of the Truman Doctrine first applied?

In what city did the French suffer a devastating loss to the Viet Minh, leading to cease-fire?

What Soviet weapon was responsible for launching Sputnik and the Cuban Missile Crisis?

In what city did the US counteroffensive that drove the North Koreans out of South Korea begin?

What was the name of the extensive economic aid offered by the US to all European nations?

In 1980, Lech Walesa led Polish dockworkers in creating an independent labor union called

The alliance developed in 1953 by the USSR and its satellites against NATO 

Why was General MacArthur relieved of his command by President Truman?

President Nixon's three-part strategy in the Vietnam War included all of the following EXCEPT

Who developed the policy of containment used in dealing with the USSR during the Cold War? 

Gorbachev's program of reform that revolutionized Soviet foreign and domestic policies included

Richard Nixon made history in 1972 when he became the first US president to visit this country

What was the U-2?

Who led the victorious Communist forces in the Chinese Civil War?

Reagan's plan for deploying nuclear weapons into space was nicknamed the 

What term did Winston Churchill use to refer to an imaginary wall descending over Europe? 

What Soviet satellite attempted to become independent in 1956?