Policies That Matter
Policy that made the Soviet government more open.
What is glasnost?
"Evil Empire” shows Reagan saw the USSR as this type of system.
What is morally wrong/dangerous/enemy?
Use of violence to scare people for political goal.
What is Terrorism?
Country Iraq invaded in 1990.
What is Kuwait?
The U.S. pressured the USSR by doing this with its military.
What is building up military strength?
Policy that changed the Soviet economy.
What is perestroika?
“Tear down this wall” was aimed at this specific place.
What is Berlin/the Berlin Wall?
Terrorist group responsible for 9/11
What is Al-Qaeda?
Main resource the U.S wanted to protect in the region.
What is oil?
The Soviet Union struggled because of this major internal weakness.
What is a failing economy?
U.S. policy of helping anti-communist groups worldwide.
What is the Reagan Doctrine?
Gorbachev talking about “new thinking” meant moving away from this Cold War idea.
What is conflict/confrontation with the U.S.?
The country the U.S invaded first after 9/11
What is Afghanistan?
Doctrine saying the U.S would defend the Persian Gulf.
What is the Carter Doctrine?
Gorbachev’s reforms led to this growing inside Soviet republics.
What is nationalism/independence movements?
Cold War policy that said the USSR would use force to keep control over Eastern Europe but was later rejected by Gorbachev.
What is the Brezhnev Doctrine?
Calling SDI “Star Wars” shows people thought it was this.
What is unrealistic/not possible?
This Cold war conflict helped train and fund fighters who later became involved in global terrorism.
Soviet-Afghan War
(Afghanistan conflict during the Cold War)
U.S goal during the Gulf War.
What is forcing Iraq out of Kuwait?
When the USSR stopped interfering in Eastern Europe, this happened.
What is communism collapsed in Eastern Europe?
Agreement that removed certain nuclear missiles in 1987.
What is the INF Treaty?
Comparing Saddam Hussein to Hitler was meant to do this.
What is justify war/make him seem like a major threat?
U.S response to global terrorism after 2001.
What is the War on Terror?
Some stories used to support the war were later seen as this.
What is propaganda/ exaggerated claims?
After hardliners failed to take control in 1991, this major system quickly fell apart.
What is the Communist Party/Communist control in the Soviet Union?