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America's initial strategy when it came to dealing with the Soviet Union
What is containment?
The name of the Russian satellite to go into space in 1957.
What is Sputnik?
Country to attack first in Korean War.
What is North Korea?
Division between North and South Korea. (Location)
What is the 38th parallel?
Had control of Vietnam (before WWII & fought over it during WWII)
What is France?
Controlled Korea during WWII.
What is Japan?
President who took a more aggressive approach against Communism. (First one, not second one)
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
President who took a more "relaxed" approach against Communism.
Who is Richard Nixon?
Other name for the Korean War.
What is the Forgotten War?
Communist leader's name in Vietnam.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
Division between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. (Location)
What is the 17th parallel?
Groupof Communist supporters who had infiltrated South Vietnam.
What is the Vietcong?
Group of communist and non communist individuals who banded together in 1960 to fight Diem's South Vietnam regime
What is the National Liberation Front? (NLF)
Year in which the U.S. pulled out of Vietnam.
When is 1973?
Reason why the U.S. pulled out of the Koreas.
What is China threatened with full-scale war?
Year in which Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon.
When is 1969?
Name of the famous bombing campaign that took place during Vietnam War.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
Year in which the Berlin Wall fell
When is 1989?
Year in which North Vietnam and South Vietnam became one country under a communist regime.
When is 1975?
Name 3 proxy wars of the Cold War era
What is/are Korean War, Vietnam War, Angolan Civil War, Afghanistan War?
Name of the report that suggested the United States build up its military to compete with the Soviet Union
What is NSC-68?
Country or countries where the Ho Chi Minh trail was located
What are Cambodia & Laos?
Place in which the first H-bomb was tested
What is/are the Marshall Islands?
Final leader of the Soviet Union
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
First leader of the Soviet Union
Who is Vladimir Lenin?