Mr DiTondo's Cold War Review

Idea that if 1 nation falls to communism that other countries will fall to it too.

When relations between the US and USSR became less intense towards the end of the Cold War.

Agent Orange was a chemical spray to kill what in Vietnam?

Hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the US which led to the HUAC.

Jan 1968 event that led many American to believe that we would never be able to win in Vietnam?

Social & economic reforms created by the USSR under Gorbachev (openness & restructuring)

1st satellite in space launched by the Soviets.

In 1949, the USSR tested an atomic bomb and what Asian country became communist?

South Vietnamese communist were called what?

Failed invasion of Cuba to try and assassinate their leader Fidel Castro by the US. 

Fear of Communism inspired by US Senator McCarthy's "witch hunts."

What new Middle Eastern country was created after WWII by the Zionist movement?

In 1964, Congress gave LBJ a virtual declaration of war by passing what resolution?

Incident in which USSR put nuclear missiles in Cuba & closest we have ever come to nuclear war.

Iconic symbol of the Cold War kept East Germans from escaping to West Berlin, torn down in 1989

Economic system where all resources belong to the Gov. & are evenly distributed to the people

What was created after WW II to foster world peace and prevent another world war?

A war without violence that existed between the US and USSR between 1945-1993.

Incident when CIA pilot Gary Powers was caught spying on the USSR.

Who was the leader of the Vietnamese Communists?

Organization of communist countries in Eastern Europe created as a reaction to NATO.

What "proxy" war during the 1960s-1970s resulted in huge public protest & the USA's only loss.

Economic system that features private ownership of property and businesses.

US plan to give money an d aid to European countries to help them resist communism.

Commitment by the US to stop the spread of Communism in any country that does not want it

1950-1953 "Proxy War" that ended in a stalemate and created the DMZ at the 38th Parallel.

US policy on stopping the spread of Communism.

Group of allied countries created to defend themselves against the Soviet Union (USSR)

Allies dropped food & supplies to the people of West Berlin when the Soviets Blockaded city.