The Cold War

_____ is the belief that if one country fell to communism, all that surrounded it would also fall.

International Organization created after WW2 to promote peace and diplomacy.

The 38th parallel remains the dividing line between democracy and communism in

Which of the following did NOT factor into the struggle of the US to secure victory in Vietnam?

American sponsored program to aid Eurpoean countries economically after WW2

Lenin's New Economic Policy and Gorbachev's policy of perestroika are similar that both

Wanted to unite all of Vietnam as a single Communist nation

Why did President Kennedy attempt to overthrow the Cuban government led by Fidel Castro?

Which of the following BEST describes the policy of brinksmenship?

He spent 27 years in prison for protesting apartheid but became president of South Africa.

Communist leader of China. He led the revolution to turn China communist after WW2.

In the Space Race, the Soviets beat America to____ but the USA beat the USSR to _____.

How were Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia affected by the Cold War?

Soviet plan in the 1980s to allow more "openness" such as freedom of religion and speech.

Fought in the early 1950s as the first armed struggle of the cold war

Why was the Sinews of peace speech memorable?

Which statement BEST describes the Cold War in Africa and Asia?

Why did the government sell weapons to Iran during the Iran-Contra crisis?

Nationalist leader of China during WW2. He was pro-American

Kwame Nkrumah helped bring independence to this former British colony in 1947.

Which statement accurately describes the Non-Aligned Movement?

Soviet led alliance of Eastern Europena countries. It was meant to be the USSRs answer to NATO

Which event is considered the end of the Cold War?

Iranian Revolution

Which portions of Europe became democratized after Autumn of Nations?

US involvement in Vietnam & Soviet involvement in Afghanistan were motivated by a desire to

Phase coined by Winston Churchill referring to the divide between Eastern and Western Europe

Americas Cold War policy to stop the spread of communism

The first Soviet satellite launched into space.

Program in the 1980s to allow some private enterprise and profit making in the Russian economy

During WWII the US became an Arsenal of Democracy, What does this mean?