Cold War Review

During Carter's presidency, there was an American hostage crisis in which country?

Which president was in office when the Cold War ended?

According to the Warren Commission, who assassinated JFK in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963?

Why was it called the "Cold War"?

Policy of not attacking the U.S.S.R., but containing communism so it didn't spread elsewhere

Who was NASA's chief rocket engineer who built the Saturn V rocket during the Space Race?

Which president gave Nixon a "full, free, and absolute pardon"?

Which 1968 surprise attack was the deadliest for American soldiers in Vietnam?

Term for "an area from which military forces are prohibited"

Previous agreements between Allied leaders resulted in new tensions during which conference?

Which president was nicknamed "the Great Communicator" for his 1980s speeches?

First Cold War standoff when the U.S. dropped supplies to people behind the Soviet blockade

Which president created the Interstate Highway System in 1956 to connect major U.S. cities?

Who was North Vietnam's communist leader?

Which war resulted in a communist North and democratic South?

Term for "to charge the President with a high crime or misdemeanor"

During which years did the Berlin Wall stand?

The "smoking gun" tape revealed that Nixon committed which crime?

Burglars were caught spying at the Watergate offices during which presidential election year?

The U.S.'s idea to aid Europe in recovering from WW2

Term for "limiting Soviet aggression and expansion"

Who was the U.S. trying to remove from power during the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion?

Term for "the idea that if one nation in a region fell to communism, its neighbors would too"

What was the military defense alliance that was created to guard against a Soviet attack?

Which war occurred in the years 1950-53 (and is technically still going today)?

The Soviets put the first satellite into space in 1957. What was its name?

Who were the guerrilla soldiers who fought to make South Vietnam communist?

Term for "an accusation that many leaders in government and military were communists"

The fear of communism spreading in the U.S. during the 1950s

Which 1964 incident led to U.S. military action in the Vietnam War?