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Presidents during the Cold War
Sections 1 & 2
Name that person, place, or thing
Sections 3 & 4
Vocabulary
100
I was the 41st president
Who is George H.W. Bush
100
This was formed in response to the growing concern about Communisim in Eastern Europe.
What is NATO
100
We were opposed to the war in Vietnam
Who were Doves
100
This lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
What is the 26th Amendment
100
Long rivalry between the U.S. and Communist countries
What was the Cold War
200
I was the president after Richard Nixon
Who was Gerald Ford
200
A Communist rebel group in South Vietnam
Who were the Viet Cong
200
This was opened up on November 9, 1989
What was the Berlin Wall
200
This limited the president's war making powers
What is the War Powers Act
200
The gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam
What was Vietnamization
300
I was the only Cold War era president to be shot and survive
Who was Ronald Reagan
300
This divided Vietnam into North and South ***double points***
What was the Geneva Accords
300
I conducted a Communist hunt in America (you can pass this to another team if you chose too)
Who was Joseph McCarthy ***double points***
300
The Solidarity movement arose in Poland largely due to this man
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev
300
encouraged an open discussion of problems within the Soviet Union
What was glasnost
400
I won my election by a landslide in 1972 (you can pass this question to any team if you chose too)
Who was Richard Nixon ***double points***
400
A military defeat for the Communists that stunned Americans (you can pass to another team if you chose too)
What was the Tet Offensive
400
The most trusted man in television news during the 60s
Who was Walter Cronkite
400
This man was president during a massive arms buildup in the U.S.
Who was Ronald Reagan ***double points***
400
the fear that many countries could fall into Communism
What was the domino theory
500
I was president when the Korean War began
Who was Harry Truman
500
An aggressive stand against communism
What is brinksmanship
500
I released the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
Who was Daniel Ellsberg
500
This event signaled the end of the Cold War
What was the resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev as leader of the Soviet Union
500
N A T O stands for ***double points***
What was North Atlantic Treaty Organization