Cold War Review

After a few summit meetings, Reagan and Gorbachev signed the

Prior to WWII, who ruled Korea?

The Soviet Union and the United States stock piling atomic weapons and missiles is known as

In response to the NATO pact, the Soviet Union created this alliance.

Vietcong guerrillas were hard to identify because

M.A.D. stands for

What plan sent billions in aid to Western European countries to keep them from falling to communism

This person led a revolution in Cuba and set up a socialist state

Diem passed a law that allowed him to arrest suspected _____ without charges.

The failed attempt by the US to send Cuban exiles back to Cuba to overthrow Castro is known as

What peace keeping organization replaced the League of Nations after WWII?

The U.S. discovering that the Soviet Union was building missile bases in Cuba is known as

What ended WWII, but started the Cold War?

What Vietnamese communist led North Vietnam after WWII?

What was a controversially way the U.S. got soldiers for the Vietnam War?

In 1979, Soviet troops invaded this country

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy ordered a ____ on Soviet Ships trying to enter Cuba

After the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy and Khrushchev set up __ ___ to avoid further conflicts

The US joined this alliance with other friendly Western European countries opposed to communism

What split East and West Berlin?

What General wanted to invade China and was fired by President Truman for criticizing him?

What happened in December of 1991?

President Nixon came up with this policy to reduce tensions during the Cold War

What Soviet leader bragged they were turning out missiles “like sausages?”

What economy did Russia set up after turning to democracy?

People scared that communist traitors would overthrow the U.S. government is referred to as the

The Soviet Satellite launched into orbit was named

US believed that if South Vietnam fell to communism other surrounding countries would also fall

Who sent forces to fight off the communist invasion in South Korea?

What U.S. policy was meant to stop the spread of communism?

What Soviet leader began encouraging their citizens to speak out against government policies?

Where was the border for North and South Korea set after the Korean war?

Who became the new President of Russia in 1992?

Why did Joseph McCarthy lose his support and be disciplined by the U.S. government?

Who was the President of South Vietnam?

Who inflated the Red Scare by saying he had 205 names of state employees who were communists?

The National Liberation Front (Vietcong) was meant to unite

What country sent troops to assist the North Koreans?

Who was supplying North Korea with tanks and other weapons?

This treaty reduced the amount of nuclear warheads and missiles Russia and the U.S. built

Did we prevent Communists from taking over South Vietnam?

Who was the communist leader of North Korea after WWII?

___ Germany and __ Germany was created after Soviet Union refused to merge their zone with the Allies

What played a vital role in turning people against the war in Vietnam?

what resolution allowed the U.S. to bomb North Vietnam and some targets in South Vietnam?

Mao Zedong set up a communist government in this country in 1949

US soldiers shot and killed nearly 500 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam. This is known as

What type of government was the Soviet Union?