Cold War

Nikita Khrushchev was MOST known in the United States for his actions in which of these events?

How did the domino theory influence the United States' role in the Vietnam War?

Which of these events took place FIRST?

Why did USSR choose Cuba as their location for nuclear weapon, causing "Cuban Missile Crisis"?

The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 was a confrontation between which two countries?

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked the end of decades of ______ rule in the nation

Some of the communist, USSR-led countries/territories during that time...

Why was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) started by the US & its allies in 1949?

Alliance created to attempt to stop possible Communist aggression against member countries.

To break the Soviet blockade against West Berlin in 1948, the United States and Great Britain

Senator Joseph McCarthy was BEST known for his involvement in which event?

When the Cold War ended, what happened to the Soviet Union?

President Reagan's Cold War policies aimed to block Soviet ___ through the spread of _____

These famous Americans are MOST closely associated with

In 1962, how did the United Nations help prevent a missile crisis from becoming a nuclear war?

Which word best describes the U.S. policy towards communism in the 1950s and 1960s?

Ronald Reagan said these words in front of the Berlin Wall. Why were these words so meaningful?

Which event caused American schools to place a greater emphasis on science & math in the 50s?

Conflict in an Asian country aided by Russia in the North and the U.S. in the South (1950-1953)

What do the nations of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania have in common in 1989?

These items are most associated with which of these eras?

Which number represents the city of Berlin, Germany?

Which of these most accurately represents the outcome of the Korean War?

There were many important leaders during the Cold War, one was Mikhail Gorbachev. Who was he?

Which person made this statement in 1950?

Which number on the map is pointing to the area known as Cuba?

How did the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 come to an end?

Which conflict is often referred to as the first "televised war"?

Why did the United States become involved in Vietnam in the 1960s?

Which technological breakthrough of the 1950s revolutionized the way America kept up with news

Which number on the map is pointing to the area known as Korea?

The "iron curtain" Winston Churchill referred to