The Cold War Abroad
Name at least one assassination attempt carried out by the US on Fidel Castro
Exploding cigar, ex girlfriend, poison diving suit, etc
This senator exploited anti communist attitudes by targeting communists, civil rights groups, labor unions, actors, etc to unsuccessfully boost his own political career.
Joseph McCarthy
This was the US's major rival during the cold war
Who was the USSR?
The 9/11 attacks were carried out by this terror group
Al Qaeda
Gas prices are currently high because Iran has closed this body of water to US (and their allies) ships.
Strait of Hormuz
Name the three world leaders involved in negotiating the Cuban Missile Crisis
Castro, Kennedy, Kruschev
A college student protest at Kent State University was violently broken up by the National Guard killing four people. They were protesting this war.
Vietnam
Instead of directly invading, the US and the USSR competed to influence other countries through this method
Who was president of the United States during 9/11 and the beginning of the global war on terror?
George W Bush
What other major country was involved in the U.S. attack on Iran at the beginning of the war?
Israel
Around the world after WWII former colonies began declaring their independence setting the stage for US and Soviet intervention. What was this process called?
Decolonization
This was the illegal project carried out by the CIA to secretly drug individuals in order to devlop mind control or a "truth serum"
What was project MKULTRA
The US sent large sums of money to western Europe after WWII to rebuild and prevent them from allying with the USSR under this plan
What was the Marshall Plan?
The US invaded Iraq in 2003. Who was the leader of Iraq at that time?
Saddam Hussein
Food prices could increase later this year as the Iran-US war creates a shortage in this key resource.
Fertilizer.
Based on faulty intelligence, this is the name of the incident that resulted in the US escalating the war in Vietnam
This is the name for the easing of tensions between the US and USSR
Detente
The name of the major political party of Iraq in 2003
The Ba'ath party
Current supreme leader of Iran (3/26/26)
Mojtaba Khamenei
This country is where the US trained Cuban exiles to lead the Bay of Pigs invasion
Guatemala
This was the name of the informant who aided the FBI in the assassination of Fred Hampton as part of COINTELPRO
Who is William O'Neal
This was the name of the meeting where FDR, Stalin, and Churchill discussed the post WWII world order
Osama Bin Laden was originally part of this group that the US funded to fight the Soviet Union in Afghanistan during the cold war.
Mujahideen
1953