Cold War
The Cold War was center around the ideological differences between the United States and the USSR. What were those two ideological (political) differences?
Capitalism (Democracy) vs Communism
True or false: North Korea is not communist anymore
False
Who did America support in the Vietnam war
South Vietnam
What is the significance of the 1972 Olympics?
Mens Gold Medal Basketball Game
This event almost sent the world into a nuclear WWIII
Cuban Missile Crisis
You walk down the street with a red shirt and someone calls you a communist. This baseless claim known as _______ stems for the rhetoric of this WI Senator
America joined the war for what reason?
Stop the spread of communism
The fighting style of the North and the Vietcong can be described as?
Guerrilla warfare, booby traps, tunnel systems, jungle/terrian utilization
America committed this action to protest the Soviet involvement in Afghanistan in 1980, to which the Soviets would do the same thing in 1984 claiming "anti-Soviet hysteria"
Boycott
The Cuban Missile Crisis happened partly in response to this invasion
Bay of Pigs
This wall was built in 1961 and was up for 28 years dividing the Allied controlled west and the Soviet controlled east
Berlin Wall
The Korean War ended with this kind of agreement, meaning that they are still at war today
Armistice
This operation of spraying poison over the forests of Vietnam went under what code name?
Agent Orange
In what year did the Soviet Union rejoin the olympics
1952
If you were accused of being communist, it was likely that you were to end up being what?
Who was the leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Fidel Castro
North Korea is split on this parallel
38th
Americas removal of troops
In what year did the Olympics start to no longer contribute to Cold War tensions?
1988
This Soviet leader would impalement Glasnost and Perestroika, which would ultimately lead to the Soviet Union's disastrous fall
Mikhail Gorbachev
What was the "Red Channels"?
A 213 paged pamphlet of 151 of celebrities who were alleged communists
General Douglas MacArthur landed at this small bay in Korea, cutting off a vital supply line for the North, drastically setting them back
Incheon
Congress passed this resolution that allowed LBJ to put troops in Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
How many other countries did both America and the Soviets get to join them in their boycotts (both numbers are needed)
America - 65, Soviet -13
The Soviets felt comfortable putting missiles in Cuba since America already had missiles in what two countries
Turkey and Italy