SS30 Cold War Review

In what year did the USSR test their first nuclear weapon?

This was a response to the Hungarian and Polish uprisings against the Soviet Union

He was the first person in space

The Cuban Missile crisis helped establish a "______" between USSR and USA

This was erected in 1961 and "fell" in 1989

The policy of containment was officially called:

Conferences to decide the post-war fate (political) of much of Europe

He went on a witch-hunt for communists in the 1950s

These bilateral agreements occurred after the end of the Cold War to reduce nuclear stockpiles

The USA imposing liberalism through Tied Aid after WWII is called:

In dichotomy to each other, the Cold War can be summarized as periods of tension and of _____

This war lasted from 1950-53

He was the first leader of Communist China (1949)

This policy was used by the USA to try and "stop communism" from spreading

In Social Studies, SALT is...

In 1962, JFK ordered a blockade around which island country?

This (greatest movie EVER) does a great job profiling life during the Cold War

Codename for the USA Nuclear Bomb Research Program

This proxy war was (at the time) the most controversial war in US history lasting from 1955-75

The "Moon Landing" was in what year?