Cold War Abroad
The main concept of the Truman Doctrine was known as this:
What is containment policy?
In 1969, the U.S. achieved this scientific and historic feat by sending a person here.
What is the moon?
This President successfully navigated the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is President John F. Kennedy?
This President put maximum pressure on the Soviet Union, using phrases such as "Tear Down this Wall" and "evil empire."
Who is President Ronald Reagan?
This year saw the deaths of MLK and RFK, the Tet Offensive, and the disastrous Democratic National Convention.
What is 1968?
The U.S. went to war in this nation from 1950-1953, in an effort to keep the south from falling to communism.
What is Korea?
This phrase was added to the Pledge of Allegiance under President Eisenhower in the 1950s, as a way to separate the U.S. from communism.
What is "under God?"
This President oversaw the policy of detente as well as the end of the Vietnam War, and his visit to communist China was historic.
Who is President Richard M. Nixon?
Invasion of this nation by the Soviets proved to be extremely costly, and a reason the Cold War came to an end.
What is Afghanistan?
President Kennedy oversaw this operation in Cuba, which failed miserably and embarrassed the nation.
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
In an effort to destroy the Ho Chi Minh trail, this neighbor to Vietnam became the most heavily-bombed nation on Earth.
What is Laos?
This Senator launched several investigations into suspected communist activity, although never produced any real results despite his popularity.
Who is Senator Joseph McCarthy?
The communist leader of Cuba from the 1950s to the 2010s, who escaped multiple assassination attempts.
Who is Fidel Castro?
The strategic defense initiative, designed to outpace Soviet Defense spending, was called this by its opponents, which was also a popular movie series.
What is Star Wars?
The U.S. sent thousands of missions to drop food and supplies to the residents of East Germany via airplane, which became known as this.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Under this plan, the U.S. sent billions of dollars to revive the European economy to keep it from falling to communism. It was highly successful.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This law was passed by Congress overwhelmingly, which greatly increased U.S. involvement in Vietnam. That is, until it was taken away a few years later.
What is the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
This President struggled with the Iran Hostage Crisis for much of his time in office, and he was soundly defeated in 1980.
Who is President Jimmy Carter?
The leader of the Soviet Union when it fell, often recognized by a birthmark on his head.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
The U.S. was caught flying a spy plane over the Soviet Union, tried to deny it, and then had to admit the truth.
What is the U2 Incident?
The U.S. invaded this island nation in 1983 as part of the Reagan Doctrine, calling it "Operation Urgent Fury."
What is Grenada?
A shooting at this university showed the public's growing unrest over the Vietnam War.
What is Kent State University?
The leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War, whom a city is named after today.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
These Russian words indicated new reforms and openness in the government of the Soviet Union.
What are Glasnost and Perestroika?
In this event, President Reagan illegally sold weapons to a nation and illegally sent the funds to a Nicaraguan anti-communist group.
What is the Iran-Contra Affair?