Proxy Wars
An early Cold War conflict that created two separate nations that still exist today.
The Korean War.
The American President throughout the crisis.
John F. Kennedy
This is the American organization responsible for foreign espionage.
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
The first satellite sent into space.
Sputnik 1.
The Soviet leader that dismantled both the Berlin Wall and the USSR.
Mikhail Gorbachev.
The Vietnam War lasted this many years.
20 years (1955 to 1975).
The leader of Cuba during the crisis.
Fidel Castro
This is the Soviet intelligence organization.
The Committee for State Security (KGB).
The Soviet dog that was sent into space.
Laika.
In 1955 the USSR created this alliance to counter NATO.
The Warsaw Pact.
The Soviet Union invaded this country near the end of the Cold War.
Afghanistan
American effort to overthrow the Communist government in Cuba.
Bay of Pigs
Igor Gouzenko spied for Canada in the Soviet Embassy in this Canadian city.
Ottawa
This was the first man on the moon.
Neil Armstrong
Ronald Reagan's policy that intended to bankrupt the USSR through a second arms race.
Peace through Strength
The capture of this city in 1975 ended the Vietnam War.
Saigon (Ho Chi Mihn).
American deployment of nuclear missiles in these two countries was the first step in the crisis.
Turkey and Italy
Soviet espionage of this project led to the USSR developing nuclear weapons.
The Manhattan Project.
This country sent the first human into space.
The Soviet Union. (Yuri Gagarin)
The American policy to limit the spread of Communism.
Containment
The US supplied this group with weapons to help them resist Soviet invasion.
The Taliban (Mujahedeen)
This line of communication between the US and USSR's presidents would reduce the risk of future nuclear incidents.
The Nuclear Hotline
Operation that enlisted over 1,600 German scientists and engineers after WW2.
Operation Paperclip
Soviet term for astronauts.
Cosmonauts.
Soviet operation that stopped Western supplies from reaching part of West Germany.
The Berlin Blockade.