The Cold War Begins
The Korean War Era
The Cold War in the 1960s
The Vietnam Era
Miscellaneous Cold War
100

Cold War was a "fight" primarily between what two countries? 

United States and Soviet Union

100
The United States fought for what side during the Korean War?
South Korea
100
The communist leader of Cuba.
Fidel Castro
100
He became president after JFK was assassinated.
Lyndon Johnson
100

Those that support and those that opposed the Vietnam War? 

Hawks and Doves

200

This city in Germany was split into 4 parts after World War II ended. 

Berlin

200
An area with no military forces.
demilitarized zone (DMZ)
200
This botched invasion of Cuba was a huge embarrassment for the United States.
The Bay of Pigs
200
A system of mandatory enlistment in the military.
Draft
200

Nixon's plan to gradually remove U.S. troops from Vietnam

Vietnamization

300
Hundreds of American and British planes carried tons of food, fuel, and other supplies to the 2 million West Berliners every day.
Berlin Airlift
300
This popular WWII general became president during the Korean War.
Dwight Eisenhower
300
In all the years of the Cold War, the world never came closer to full-scale nuclear war than during this event.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
300
Surprise attacks launched on cities throughout South Vietnam and the storming of the American embassy in Saigon was know as what?
What was the Tet Offensive?
300

The name of the missile site in Waukesha that was built during the Cold War. 

Nike Missile Site

400
Name the two cold war alliances that formed at the begins of the Cold War.
NATO and Warsaw Pact
400
This senator lead the search for communists here at home until he was censured by congress.
Joseph McCarthy
400
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration
400
Who was president when the Vietnam war ended.
Nixon
400

This country was first to orbit the Earth. 

USSR

500

The purpose of NATO and the justification behind the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan and Eisenhower Doctrine? This was the overall "goal" for the US and the war. 

Containment

500

This was the dividing line between North and South Korea. 

38th Parallel

500
Name the Soviet and American leaders during the crisis in Cuba.
Kennedy and Khrushchev
500

The name of the communist group in South Vietnam that made it very difficult for U.S. soldiers?

Vietcong

500

Why did Soviet Union invade Afghanistan? 

To help contain/stop the anti-communist rebels. 

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