Chapter 31 - The Cold War

Exiled Cuban fighters invaded Cuba at the _____.

US policy to rebuild war-torn Europe

strategy that build up the United States' and the Soviet Union's nuclear arsenals

The _____ was erected in order to stop the flow of refugees from East Germany.

What was the Truman Doctrine?

_____ led a revolution in Cuba and took over the government.

Soviet Based economic assistance program for Eastern European states

US fears about the spread of communism were increased when _____ became a communist nation

Another name for the Marshall Plan

a military alliance of the Soviet Union and Eastern European states

US promise to support countries fighting communism

Why did the United States consider Cuba a threat?

The Truman Doctrine

The 20th century conflict between the US and the Soviets is known as _____.

The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was intended to

The United States sent troops into Vietnam to

During the Cuban missile crisis, _____

The United States and the Soviet Union became bitter rivals after World War II because

Which government allied with North Korea in its attempt to take over South Korea?

The Marshall Plan was based on the idea that

The Soviet Union and the United States were involved in _____ when they indirectly fought.

a plan to keep something, such as communism, within its existing geographical boundaries