Korean War
Vietnam War
Cuba crisis
U.S. in the 1950s
Soviet Union/East Germany
Tidbits
100

this nation provided thousands of troops to help N. Korea

what is China

100

small groups that used ambushes and booby traps as warfare

what is the Vietcong

100

led the Cuban Revolution

who is Fidel Castro

100

movement of Americans from cities to communities

what is suburbanization

100

Stalin sent the Japanese army to this place

what is Russian prison camps

100

first country to land on the moon

who is the United States

200

why was Korea temporarily divided between the north and south?

what is to oversee the removal of Japanese forces

200

during this war, young people joined this group

what is anti-war movement and protests

200

John F. Kennedy supported this in Cuba

what is the Bay of the Pigs Invasion

200

a relaxation of tensions during the cold war

what is detente

200

Soviet leader after Stalin

who was Nikita Khrushchev

200

economy under a democracy and capitalist system 

what is a market economy

300

the Korean War ended as this.

what is a stalemate

300
responsible for getting the U.S. involved in the war with North Vietnam

what is the Vietcongs attacked a U.S. Naval Destroyer

300

What did the Soviets secretly send to Cuba in 1962?

what is nuclear missiles

300

court case that ruled segregation was unconstitutional

what is Brown vs Board of Education

300

he came to power over the Soviet Union and East Germany in 1985

Who is Mikhail Gorbachev

300

nations that are stronger than other powerful nations

what is superpowers

400

North Korea pushed South Korea back all the way to where?

What is the Pusan Perimeter

400

the main goal of the Vietcong

what is to overthrow South Vietnam's government and make it communist

400

Fidel Castro began transforming Cuba in what became known as this

what is the Cuban Revolution

400

a major goal of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

what is to extend equal rights to all Americans

400

the American strategy under Detente was to do what?

what was to restrain the soviets through Arm Control Talks

400

the belief that one communist victory would lead to many others

what is Domino Theory

500

what warning did General MacArthur ignore?

what is the Chinese warned him not to cross the 38th parallel to invade North Korea or they would come in and fight

500

battle where the French were defeated by the North Vietnam

what is Dien Bien Phu

500

this change took place during the Cuban Revolution

what is political freedom was restricted

500

fear of communists in the U.S.

what is the red scare

500

keep communism from spreading 

what is containment

500

American supported leader of South Vietnam

Who is Ngo Dinh Diem

600

this war is often called this

what is the forgotten war

600

this turned the American public opinion against the Vietnam War

what is the Tet Offensive

600

this brought the world to the brink of nuclear war in 1962

what is the Cuban Missile Crisis

600

what was the purpose of the SALT and START talks

what is to limit the number of nuclear weapons held by the superpowers

600

What was seen as a particular threat to the balance of terror during the SALT talks

What is anti-ballistic missiles

600

forced separation of groups

what is segregation
700

Why did the U.S. establish diplomatic relations with China

what is to isolate the soviets

700

U.S. policy that gradually shifted the war to the South Vietnamese

what is vietnamization

700

American Military base in Cuba

what is Guantanamo Bay

700

the U.S. emerged from the Cold War as this

what is the Sole Superpower

700

economy under a communist governemnt

what is a command economy

700

responsible for genocide in Cambodia

what is the Khmer Rouge

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