The Cold War Unit Review

The first object put into Earth's orbit and the country that put it there.

This reform by Gorbachev relaxed control of business

This was Mao's failed attempt at motivating the Chinese to modernize and industrialize.

This was NOT a result of the Vietnam War

The SALT agreements...

This idea guaranteed both sides would be destroyed in a nuclear war therefore it prevented war.

Vietnam was

The US plotted over 600 ways to kill____ and was embarrassed at ____ by a failed coup attempt

Why did the Soviet put nukes in Cuba?

This reform by Gorbachev gave the people freedom of speech

East Germany was allies with

Leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis

This key US ally has been involved in conflict with it neighbor since its creation.

The goal of the Marshall Plan was to...

This country sent soldiers to fight against UN forces in Korea

This signified the end of the Cold War

Nixon's plan for knockout blow to the Vietnamese Communists resulted in

The Soviets underestimated this in Afghanistan

_____ was a period of relaxed tensions during the ______

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the US Navy...

This person took over after Stalin and was in charge of the USSR during the CubanMissileCrisis

This controversial practice is how the US got new troops for the Vietnam War

Which event started the Korean War?

This resulted from the difference in what officials were saying and what people saw on TV

Reagan did this to take a stand against the USSR

Detente ended when

NATO and the Korean War were a part of this policy:

This massive coordinated offensive operation was the turning point of the Vietnam War

McCarthyism during the Red Scare was

When the US and UK dropped supplies on a city in East Germany

The US supported the ____ against the _____ by providing weapons to _____ to fight the ______.

The significance of the Korean War included

The leader of North Korea during the Korean War and still regarded as the "Great Leader" today.

The alliance that the US and its allies joined

Churchill stated this separated the democratic west from the communist east.

West Germany was allied to...

The Soviet's goal

The NATO Allies' goal

This gave LBJ the authority to "defend Vietnam at any cost" & started major US combat ops

The result of the Korean War was...

This was an outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis

South Vietnamese Communists that fought the Americans

Kent State and Tiananmen Square were similar in that _____ but different in that ____.

This theory said if one country fell to communism, others would follow.

This reform by Gorbachev gave Soviets the ability to vote for politicians