Early Cold War
What 2 Countries were the main opponents in the Cold War?
USA and USSR
What was the fear of communism in the U.S. called after WW1 and WW2?
Red Scare
Who led a communist revolution in Cuba?
Fidel Castro
What Policy did Gorbachev pass that opened up freedom of speech in the U.S.S.R. and their satellite countries?
Glasnost
Who came up with the Theory that if one country in South East Asia fell to Communism so would the rest?
The Domino Theory by Eisenhower
What was the financial aid package the US gave to European Countries to prevent them from turning Communist?
Who was convicted and put to death by electric chair for passing on Atomic secrets to the USSR?
Rosenberg's
What country was putting nuclear tipped missiles in Cuba?
USSR
What President proposed that the U.S. would be the first country to put a man on the moon?
John F Kennedy
What President came up with the Policy of Containment?
Truman Doctrine by Harry Truman
What is it called when 2 countries fight through other countries indirectly?
Proxy War
Who was convicted of perjury when they found micro film he had taken of secret US documents in a Pumpkin on a farm?
Alger Hiss
What were the types of planes that took photographic evidence that there were missile launchers in Cuba?
U2 planes
What President gave a speech that the USSR is the "Evil Empire" and also gave a speech in which he put pressure on Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall?
Ronald Reagan
Who was fired for taking a public stance against the president during the Korean war because he wanted to nuke China?
General Douglas MacArthur
What was the first 2 countries the Marshall Plan money worked in?
Turkey and Greece
What organization investigated communist infiltration among all Americans in society?
HUAC
What organization, inside the U.S., trained Cuban Ex Patriots to invade Cuba to free it from Communism?
CIA
Who was the U.S. President when the U.S.S.R. collapsed?
George HW Bush
Which US president passed Vietnamization which removed the US from Vietnam?
Richard Nixon
What successful mission by the U.S. caused the Soviet Union to build the Berlin War after they blockaded Berlin?
Berlin Airlift
At what trials that ended the Red Scare what did the Army lawyer claim that Senator McCarthy lacked?
any sense of decency
Why did the Bay of Pigs invasion fail?
The US did not provide the air support they promised
Who was the President of Russia that outlawed the Communist Party?
Boris Yeltsin
Who was the Wisconsin senator who held public trials badgering witnesses over their connections to Communism?
Joseph McCarthy
What is the dividing line between South and North Korea?
38th parallel
Federal Loyalty Review Board
After What incident did Congress give up its war powers to the President?
Gulf of Tonkin
What gets the most credit for why the US won the Cold War?
The heavy expenditures by the U.S. in weaponry that the Soviet Union could not keep up with which hurt their economy eventually leading to their collapse.
Who was the U.S. U2 pilot who was shot down over the USSR?
Francis Gary Powers