Postwar Confrontation
This term describes the division between communist and non-communist Europe.
What is the iron curtain?
This line divided North and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel?
This wall divided East and West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This term describes the buildup of nuclear weapons between nations.
What is the arms race?
This Soviet leader introduced reforms that helped end the Cold War.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This policy aimed to stop the spread of communism.
What is containment?
This U.S. general led forces in the Korean War.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
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This incident brought the U.S. and USSR closest to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This term means a relaxation of tensions between superpowers.
What is détente?
This term refers to economic restructuring in the Soviet Union.
What is perestroika?
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This U.S. plan provided economic aid to rebuild Europe after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This communist leader led North Vietnam.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
This Soviet leader was involved in that crisis.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
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This policy shifted Vietnam War responsibility to South Vietnam.
What is Vietnamization?
This term refers to openness in Soviet society.
What is glasnost?
This alliance united Western nations against communism.
What is NATO?
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This theory suggested that if one nation fell to communism, others would follow.
What is the domino theory?
This was the first satellite launched into space.
What is Sputnik?
This organization represented Palestinian interests.
What is the PLO?
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This Polish leader helped challenge communist rule.
Who is Lech Walesa?
This opposing alliance included the Soviet Union and Eastern European nations.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This major attack in 1968 shocked Americans during the Vietnam War.
What is the Tet Offensive?
This incident involved a U.S. spy plane shot down over the USSR.
What is the U-2 incident?
This Palestinian uprising is known by this term.
What is the intifada?
This U.S. president increased pressure on the Soviet Union and promoted SDI.
Who is Ronald Reagan?