Cold War
This phrase referred to the fear of a chain reaction of countries falling to communism.
Domino Theory
This war began in 1950 when North invaded South.
Korean War
This U.S. military attack in 1968 shocked Americans and hurt trust in government reports.
Tet Offensive
This U.S. _____ crisis in the 70s was caused by OPEC’s embargo.
Oil
This program proposed a space-based missile defense system
SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative
This imaginary line divided Europe between communist East and democratic West.
Iron Curtain
This Wisconsin senator led anti-communist witch hunts in the early 1950s.
Joseph McCarthy
This failed invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles was backed by the U.S. in 1961.
Bay of Pigs
This 1971 leak revealed that the U.S. government had misled the public about Vietnam.
Pentagon Papers
Carter wasn't able to get the hostages homes, but Reagan was in which event?
Iran Hostage Crisis
This 1962 event brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union closest to nuclear war.
Cuban Missile Crisis
This popular war general became president in 1953.
Eisenhower
This communist leader of Cuba worried the U.S. during the Cold War.
Fidel Castro
This economic problem combined high inflation with slow growth.
Stagflation
Reagan’s economic policies were known by this nickname.
Reaganomics
This military alliance was created in 1949 to protect against Soviet aggression.
NATO
This Soviet satellite launched in 1957 led to the U.S. space race in the 60s.
Sputnik
This war escalated under Lyndon B. Johnson with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Vietnam War
This president resigned due to the Watergate scandal.
Richard Nixon
The fall of this symbol in 1989 marked the nearing end of the Cold War.
Berlin Wall
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War.
Containment
This court case ended segregation in public schools in 1954.
Brown v. Board
He was elected President in 1960 through TV strategies.
JFK
This peace agreement between Egypt and Israel was brokered by President Carter.
Camp David Accords
He was elected president in 1980, promoting conservative values.
Ronald Reagan