Policy
What is the name of the policy with the goal of keeping communism from spreading?
Containment
What was the joint effort between Britain and the U.S. to provide West Berlin (Germany) with food and supplies?
Berlin Airlift
What was the military alliance of democratic countries opposed to communism?
NATO
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991?
Mikhail Gorbachev
What is a competition to get the most weapons and nuclear bombs?
Arms Race
What is the name of the policy put in place by Mikhail Gorbachev meaning "Openness", and an end to censorship.
Glasnost: meaning openness; freedom of speech & press.
What was the solution to the Cuban Missile Crisis between President Kennedy and Soviet Union leader Brezhnev
Pres. Kennedy promise to not invade Cuba if the Soviet Union takes their missiles out of Cuba
What is the alliance of communist countries led by the Soviet Union?
Warsaw Pact
Who created the Marshall Plan
Truman
What is the diving line between North and South Korea
38th Parallel
What is the American policy of President Kennedy to come close to war with communists?
Brinksmanship
Who was blacklisted and could not get work after refusing to name names over communism?
Hollywood 10
What was the American organization that made many covert actions abroad against communism?
CIA
What is the name of the person the CIA tried to overthrow in Cuba during the Bay of Pigs invasion?
What is the "Iron Curtain"
Coined by Winston Churchill, the Iron Curtain signifies the division of Germany between the Soviet Union on Eastern side and Western powers (U.S Britain, and France).
What was the promise made to European countries stating America would help them fight communism?
Truman Doctrine
What was the event where North Korean military forces invaded South Korea and launched an attack?
Korean War
What is the name of the events where the U.S used CIA trained Cuban exiles in an overthrow attempt?
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Brezhnev (USSR) and President Richard Nixon (US)
What is "Detente"
The easing of tension between the U.S and Soviet Union during the 1960's and 1970's.
What gave Europe financial aid to rebuild its infrastructure, food, and supplies and to fight communism?
Marshall Plan
What year did the Berlin Wall fall? What did this signify?
1989, It signified the end of the Cold War. Unification of Germany.
What organization was created due to the Soviet Union satellite Sputnik?
NASA
Who was the president who went to Berlin in 1987 and gave his famous speech pleading "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall"
Ronald Reagan
What is the "Space Race"
Competition between the U.S and Soviet Union for technological superiority and advancement in Space