US Presidents
Which US President introduced the policy of containment during the Cold War?
Who is Harry S. Truman?
What was the name of the war between North Korea (supported by China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (supported by the United Nations) during the Cold War?
Which country launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, initiating the Space Race?
Who is the Soviet Union?
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) agreements aimed to limit the use of what type of weapons between the US and the USSR?
What is a Nuclear Arm?
This President famously stated, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" in reference to the Berlin Wall.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This conflict, often referred to as a 'proxy war,' took place in Vietnam between the communist North and the democratic South.
Name the American astronaut who was the first man to set foot on the Moon in 1969.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This Soviet leader implemented policies of Glasnost and Perestroika, leading to the end of the Cold War.
Who is Gorbachev?
This agreement signed in 1972 limited the development of anti-ballistic missile systems.
What is the ABM Treaty?
Name the President who created the Eisenhower Doctrine to confront the spread of communism.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was a pivotal moment during the Cold War. Which two countries were involved in this crisis?
Who is the United States and Cuba?
What was the name of the space mission that resulted in the first human spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union?
What is Vostok I?
Which leader of the USSR was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the construction of the Berlin Wall?
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
What Cold War agreement divided Germany into East and West and was seen as the beginning of the end of the division of Europe?
What is the Potsdam Conference?
The President who was in charge of easing the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
What conflict was known as the "Forgotten War" during the Cold War period?
What is the Korean War?
The Apollo program was a series of space missions by which space agency during the Cold War?
What is NASA?
This Soviet Premier met with US President Nixon in 1972 to sign the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I).
Who is Leonid Brezhnev?
The Yalta Conference took place during World War II and was attended by the leaders of the US, USSR, and which other country?
Who is the UK?
After a long period of time, this US President had put an end to the Vietnam War.
Who is Richard Nixon?
What war divided Germany into East and West during the Cold War?
What is World War II?
What was the name of the first artificial satellite sent into space by the Soviet Union in 1957 during the Cold War?
What is Sputnik I?
Who was the first leader of the USSR?
Who is Joseph Stalin?
What agreement signed in 1963 banned nuclear weapons testing in the atmosphere, outer space, and underwater?
What is the Test Ban Treaty?