Mandish Cold War

What was Yeltsin's economic movement to reform Russia's economy?

Who was the last leader of the Soviet Union?

The President of the United States (POTUS) during the Cuban Missile Crisis was ...

Soviets used an ICBM to push __________, above the Earth’s atmosphere.

Leader of Communist Cuba during the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crises

The US was involved in stopping the spread of communism in all of these countries except

The Military alliance of the United States and Its Allies

a U.S. foreign policy, in which the United States tried to stop the spread of communism

The invisible dividing line between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe was

Leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964. He took power after Joseph Stalin's death

US initiative to provide economic aid to Western Europe to help them rebuild after WWII

This country had the Sandanistas and Contras fighting for years, killing thousands.

The Berlin Wall was built in order to

was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. Also, a key ally to the U.S. and President Ronald Reagan.

Gorbachev's plan to restructure th economy

political opponent of Gorbachev who became president of Russia

The Military alliance of the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern Europe

After World War II, the United States believed that the recently freed nations of Eastern Europe should

Gorbachev's Policy of Openness

When the Soviet Union installed Missiles on an Island off the coast of Florida

period of the easing of Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union from 1967 to 1979.

What was the Berlin Airlift?

an international peace keeping organization founded in 1945 to provide security to the nations of the world.

ruling committee of the Communist Party

The Cold War can be described as a competition between which two countries?

a failed attempt to overthrow the Cuban government using Cuban exiles

a policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression.

40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was credited with ending the Cold War

The term "_________________" refers to countries non-aligned with either NATO or the Warsaw Pact