The financial plan implemented to rebuild Europe following WWII.
Marshall Plan
Who led the U.S. during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
Term used for the belief that if one country submits to communism, the rest around it will too.
Domino Theory (Effect)
The U.S. became alarmed when the USSR sent nuclear missiles where?
Cuba
Which side did China and USSR support in the Korean War?
North Korea
The U.S. represents what form of government?
Democracy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Name of the first satellite
Sputnik
What type of government did the USSR represent?
Communism
What was the largest military conflict in the Cold War?
Vietnam War
U.S., France, and the UK, occupied what region of Germany?
West Germany
Who said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."
Ronald Reagan
Who was the first person to walk on the moon? (Apollo 11)
Neil Armstrong
Who was the Soviet leader at the end of WWII, and the beginning of the Cold War?
Where did the National Guard open fire, killing 4 in an anti-war protest
Kent State
What was the policy implemented to keep the containment of communism?
Truman Doctrine
Who led the Communist Revolution in Cuba?
Fidel Castro
What separates North Korea and South Korea?
38th Parallel (DMZ)
When did the Berlin Wall collapse?
November 1989
What group in the Vietnam War used guerilla tactics; booby traps, complex tunnel systems, and ambushes?
Viet Cong
Who was the commanding general in the majority of the Korean War for the United Nations?
Douglas MacArthur
Communist President of Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh
The term used to refer to paranoia and false accusations that someone was communist that occurred during the Cold War conflict.
Who was the first person to ever go to space?
Yuri Gagarin
What was the name of the failed CIA invasion attempt on Cuba?
Bay of Pigs invasion