Cold War Alliances & Policies
What was the U.S. policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism, first introduced in 1947?
What is the Truman Doctrine?
What Cold War conflict resulted in a divided Korea, with the North supported by China and the Soviet Union, and the South supported by the U.S.?
What is the Korean War?
What city was divided by a wall that became a symbol of Cold War tensions?
What is Berlin?
What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?
What is Sputnik?
What crisis in 1962 brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war?
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
What financial aid program provided billions of dollars to help rebuild European economies after World War II?
What is the Marshall Plan?
What event in 1961 was a failed U.S.-backed invasion meant to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba?
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
What military alliance was formed by the Soviet Union and its satellite states in response to NATO?
What is the Warsaw Pact?
What was the name of the U.S. project that successfully landed a man on the Moon in 1969?
What is Apollo 11?
What 1980s U.S. operation involved secretly funding anti-communist rebels in Nicaragua?
What is the Iran-Contra Affair?
What was the name of the Cold War-era arms control treaties between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that sought to limit nuclear weapons?
What is the SALT Agreements?
What 1964 event led to increased U.S. military involvement in Vietnam after reports of an attack on an American destroyer?
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
What year was the Berlin Wall constructed, marking a major escalation in Cold War tensions?
What is 1961?
What term describes the competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to develop superior nuclear weapons and delivery systems?
What is the arms race?
What African nation became a Cold War battleground in the 1970s and 1980s, with the U.S. backing UNITA rebels against a Soviet-supported government?
What is Angola?
What foreign policy strategy, associated with President Nixon, focused on easing tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?
What is détente?
What U.S. intelligence agency was responsible for orchestrating a coup against the democratically elected leader of Iran in 1953?
What is the CIA?
What 1968 event saw Soviet forces invade Czechoslovakia to crush political reforms that threatened communist control?
What is the Prague Spring?
What was the name of the Soviet cosmonaut who became the first person in space in 1961?
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
Who was a key player in Soviet-Afghan war?
Charlie Wilson
What Cold War policy, introduced by President Reagan, aimed to roll back communist influence by providing support to anti-communist movements?
What is the Reagan Doctrine?
What 1956 conflict in Egypt saw Britain, France, and Israel attempt to seize control of a crucial waterway, only to be pressured to withdraw by the U.S. and Soviet Union?
What is the Suez Crisis?
What was the event in which the Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin, leading the U.S. and its allies to airlift supplies for nearly a year?
What is the Berlin Airlift?
What U.S. program was created in response to Soviet advancements in space technology, leading to significant American investment in space exploration?
What is NASA?
What country did the Soviet Union invade in 1979, leading to a decade-long war against U.S.-backed rebels?
What is Afghanistan?