Russian Leaders
Vladimir Putin
Who was the leader of the Communists during the Russian Revolution? (He would become the first leader of the Soviet Union)
Vladimir Lenin
What was the red scare about?
The red scare was about a fear in society about communism influencing U.S. society.
The Berlin Wall split which city in half?
Berlin
Threats to Nationalize banana farms in what country led to the United States stepping into overthrow a democratically elected government in what country?
Guatemala
Who led the Soviet Union for over 30 years from 1922-1953 and is said to be responsible for upwards of 20 million Russian deaths?
Joseph Stalin
Russian failure in what war - with roughly 2 million Russian casualties - was a major reason that Tsar Nicholas lost support of the Russian people?
World War 1
What was the name for the ten directors, screenwriters and producers who served jail time for contempt of Congress during the red scare?
The Hollywood 10
Why were countries in Eastern Europe referred to as satellites of the Soviet Union?
Because they orbited the Soviet Union in term of following the Soviet influence.
The Cuban Missile Crisis would have put a missile in Cuba that could have hit every major U.S. city except what?
Seattle
Who was the last Tsar of Russia?
Nicholas II
Who was thought to be the natural successor to Lenin? (Due to personal unpopularity and Stalin's maneuvering, he was not able to gain the leadership.)
Leon Trotsky
Joseph McCarthy said that he had a list of 205 communists in what department of the United States government?
The State Department
What was the name of the military intervention pact between Russia and Eastern Europe?
The Warsaw Pact
What does M.A.D. stand for?
Mutually Assured Destruction
Who was the leader of Russia during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Kruschev
Rasputin was known to be able to cure the Tsar's son of what bleeding disorder?
Hemophilia
Joseph McCarthy was taken down in part by what news reporter who had previously been a wartime correspondent during WWII?
Edward R Murrow
Attempted reforms in the 1960s led to what country being invaded by the Soviet Union? (Hint: this country no longer exists)
Czechoslovokia
Who was the leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Fidel Castro
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union when the Soviet Union collapsed?
Mikhail Gorbachav
What famous artist did Leon Trotsky spend a great deal of time with in Mexico after he was in exile from the Soviet Union?
Frida Kahlo
What was the name of the House of Representatives committee that investigated communist in Hollywood in the 1940s and 50s?
HUAC - House Unamerican Activities Committee
The Hungarian uprising in 1953 occurred after the Hungarian government supported rebels in what other Eastern European country?
Poland
Two reforms to the Soviet Union were largely responsible for the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. They literally mean "openness" and "restructuring", name either in their original Russian.
Perestroika or Glasnost