The Cold War

Cold War Leaders

100

The President that declared the Truman Doctrine to contain communism

Harry Truman 

200

The Soviet leader known for denouncing Stalin and promoting "de-Stalinization" 

Nikita Khrushchev 

300

The U.S. president who called for Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!" 

Ronald Reagan

400

The first leader of communist China, aligned with the Soviet Union 

Mao Zedong 

500

The Soviet leader who introduced "glasnost" and "perestroika" leading to the USSR's collapse

Mikhail Gorbachev

Major Conflicts and Events

100

This European capital was divided into communist and democratic sections until 1989

Berlin 

200

The U.S. and Soviet Union came closest to nuclear war during this 1962 crisis 

Cuban Missile Crisis

300

This war in Asia lasting from 1950-1953 ended in an armistice but no peace treaty 

Korean War 

400

The U.S. became deeply involved in this Southeast Asian conflict from the 1950s to the 1970s

The Vietnam war

500

This 1979 Soviet invasion led the U.S. to support Afghan resistance fighters 

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 

Nuclear Arms and Space Race

100

The U.S.  developed this first nuclear bomb project during World War 2 

The Manhattan Project 

200

The doctrine of mutual nuclear destruction, keeping the cold war from turning "hot" 

Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) 

300

The first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957

Sputnik 

400

The first man to walk on the moon in 1969

Neil Armstrong 

500

The name of the 1972 treaty that limited the number of nuclear missiles between the U.S. and the USSR

SALT 1 Treaty 

Spy vs Spy

100

The U.S. intelligence agency formed in 1947 to gather foreign intelligence 

CIA

200

This Soviet spy agency was the CIA's biggest rival during the cold war 

KGB

300

This U-2 spy plane pilot was shot down over the USSR in 1960 

Francis Gary Powers 

400

This husband and wife were executed in 1953 for allegedly spying for the Soviets 

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg 

500

This former KGB agent became the leader of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union 

Vladimir Putin 

Cold War Trivia

100

The term used for the symbolic barrier between communist and democratic Europe 

Iron Curtain 

200

The U.S. policy to contain the spread of communism worldwide

Truman Doctrine 

300

The alliance formed in 1949 between the U.S. and Western European nations 

NATO

400

The counter-alliance formed by the Soviet Union and Eastern European nations in 1955

Warsaw Pact 

500

The Cold War officially ended with the dissolution of this country in 1991

The Soviet Union