PEOPLE TO MEET
KOREAN WAR
VIETNAM WAR
CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
GOOD TO KNOW
100
He overthrew the dictatorship of Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista.
Who is Fidel Castro.
100
Their troops controlled the northern part of Korea.
Who are the Soviets.
100
Also entered the Cold War as a divided nation.
What is Vietnam.
100
.Was one of the most terrifying events in the Cold War.
Which was the Cuban Missile Crisis.
100
Known as the superpowers.
Who are the United States and the Soviet Union.
200
He ordered the navy to blockade Cuba and prevent the Soviets from delivering more missiles.
Who is President John F. Kennedy.
200
Their troops controlled the southern part of Korea
Who is the United States.
200
The United States feared Ho Chi Minh.
Who was a Communist and would spread communism throughout Asia.
200
It took place 90 miles from to the coast.
What is known as Florida.
200
The United States and the Soviet Union set aside their differences during WWII in order to defeat Germany and its allies. Near the end of the war, they began to disagree about the changes that should occur during the postwar years.
What is known as the Cold War.
300
He asked Congress for money to fight communist rebels in Greece and Turkey.
Who is President Harry S. Truman.
300
The place where the Soviet Union and the United States divided Korea.
What is known as the 38th parallel.
300
If Vietnam fell to the Communists, then other countries would fall.
What is known as the domino theory.
300
They spotted proof of long range missiles based on Cuba.
What are known as United States spy planes.
300
A form of society without social classes or private property.
What is Communism.
400
A new Soviet leader ordered a wall built through Berlin to separate Communist East Berlin from the rest of the city.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev.
400
There was no clear victory and so they signed it in 1953.
What is an armistice (a truce).
400
This agreement divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel into Communist and non-Communists governments.
What is known as the Geneva Accords.
400
President Kennedy prevented the Soviets from delivering more missiles.
What is known as a blockade
400
A system in which businesses compete freely for profits with little government control.
What is known as free enterprise.
500
He controlled North Vietnam
Who is Ho Chi Minh.
500
Technically, the war never ended because it was never signed.
What is the peace treaty.
500
Americans were bitterly divided about the United States being involved in the Vietnam War when President Nixon reached a settlement that would ....
Which led to the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam.
500
This policy held that the United States would try to hold back the spread of communism.
What is known as containment.
500
Replaced the League of Nations as a world peace keeping organization.
What is the United Nations (UN).
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