Stop the Spread
The Truman Doctrine called for stopping the spread of what around the world?
Communism
What weapons did the US and USSR stockpile throughout the Cold War?
Nuclear Weapons
Vietnam is located on what continent?
Asia
Detente was a period with the easing of tensions between the US and what other country?
The Soviet Union
How many Presidents served during the Cold War?
9
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush
The Marshall Plan involved sending what resource to countries vulnerable to communism after WWII?
Money
What was the name of the first satellite launched by the Soviets in 1957?
Sputnik
Ho Chi Minh led this region of Vietnam, which sought to unify the country as a communist nation.
The North
What scandal led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974?
Watergate
Where was the first atomic bomb detonated?
Los Alamos, NM (July 1945)
What did Winston Churchill say has descended across Europe?
An Iron Curtain
The Soviets placed missiles in this country in 1962, prompting a response from the US
Cuba
This law was passed which gave the president greater power to send troops to Vietnam without congressional approval.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Which country took 52 Americans hostage for over a year and a half in 1979?
Iran
At what university in Ohio were 3 students murdered by National Guardsmen while protesting the Vietnam War in 1970?
Kent State
What were the names of the 2 alliances during the Cold War?
Points for each answer out of 2 (Up to 800 points!)
NATO and the Warsaw Pact
Who was the first man to walk on the moon in 1969?
Neil Armstrong
These documents, stolen and leaked to the press in 1971, showed the public how the government had been lying about the Vietnam War for 30 years.
The Pentagon Papers
Which Presidential Inauguration in 1981 was celebrated with the news that the hostages held in Iran had been released?
President Ronald Reagan
What country did President Richard Nixon visit in 1972, helping to ease tensions in Asia?
China
What US Senator led a crusade against possible communist infiltration in America in the 1950s?
Joseph McCarthy
What were the main ways that Cold War was fought?
Points for each answer out of 3 (Up to 1500 Points!)
Espionage, Nuclear Weapons buildup, Proxy Wars
Who won the Vietnam War?
The North Vietnamese- country became communist in 1975
What did the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 symbolize?
The fall of the barrier between the free world and communist world (The Iron Curtain)
What 2 policies did Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev introduce, which ultimately led to the downfall of the Soviet Union?
Glasnost and Perestroika