The idea that communism should be kept in certain locations and not allowed to spread.
Containment
100
The USA bombed these cities in WWII, which led to a fear of nuclear warfare.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
100
The idea that if one country falls to communism, then its neighbors will too. This led to conflicts in Korea and Vietnam.
Domino Theory
100
What is the name of the invasion that led to the USA failing to overthrow the communist government in Cuba?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
100
What would Stalin not give to the nations of Eastern Europe following WWII, which kept them from choosing to become independent?
Self-Determination
200
The Soviets built this structure in order to keep people from fleeing from the communist side of a German city to the democratic side.
Berlin Wall
200
How many nations throughout world history have used nuclear weapons in wartime?
1 (USA)
200
During this process, the USA and its allies supplied Berlin while it was blockaded by the USSR. This event increased Cold War tensions.
Berlin Airlift
200
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
Korea was split North and South (one was communist, one was not).
200
This doctrine, which basically opposes the Truman Doctrine, said that the Soviet Union had the right to spread and strengthen communism.
Brezhnev Doctrine
300
This US President took a stand against communism.
Truman
300
This is the concept that the USA and USSR were competing in order to build the best nuclear weapons.
Arms Race
300
This Cuban dictator worked hard to expand communism. He was the center of controversy leading to the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Fidel Castro
300
This rebellion featured a nationalist movement in a majority Muslims country who was trying to break free and gain self-determination from the Soviet Union.
Chechen Rebellion
300
This Soviet concept gave people more freedoms (speech, press, etc.).
Glasnost
400
SEATO, CENTO, and NATO are coalitions of nations, originally designed to stand against communism. What is the name of the USSR's organization for itself and Eastern Europe?
Warsaw Pact
400
This is the idea that even though the USA and USSR had nuclear weapons, each side was too afraid to use them in fear of retaliation.
Deterrence
400
This unsuccessful revolt featured a country in Central Europe trying to gain freedom from the USSR. The Soviets violently put this revolution down.
Hungarian Revolut
400
What is the only war that the USA has ever lost? Why did we lose?
Vietnam; no support at home, guerrilla warfare, can't change an entire societies beliefs, etc.
400
This Soviet concept made the economy more responsive to market forces, strengthened the economy, and allowed some businesses based on the free market and laissez-faire.
Perestroika
500
The USA created a plan in which we rebuilt war torn Europe that the communist Soviet Union couldn't do it. Who was this named after?
George Marshall [Plan]
500
Which country had the better quality of nuclear weapons: USA or USSR?
USA
500
What is the policy of nonalignment?
Countries not involved with the Cold War would receive resources from the USA and USSR, who hoped that they could get their support during the conflict.
500
What were the results of the Cuban Missile Crisis for the USA and Cuba?
USA: Stayed out of Cuba
Cuba: Got rid of Soviet missiles
500
This president of the USSR created various reforms in order to make the country/people more free and to fix the stagnant economy.