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The Cold War Begins
The Korean War Era
The Cold War in the 1960s
The Vietnam Era
The Cold War Ends
100
This divided East and West Berlin for nearly 30 years.
The Berlin Wal
100
The United States fought for what side during the Korean War?
South Korea
100
The communist leader of Cuba.
Fidel Castro
100
He became president after JFK was assassinated.
Lyndon Johnson
100
This president visited China in 1972.
Nixon
200
This was a program or idea to encourage nations to resist communist expansion.
The Truman Doctrine
200
An area with no military forces.
demilitarized zone (DMZ)
200
This botched invasion of Cuba was a huge embarrassment for the United States.
The Bay of Pigs
200
A system of mandatory enlistment in the military.
Draft
200
Explain the idea of detente
efforts to reduce tensions among the superpowers
300
Hundreds of American and British planes carried tons of food, fuel, and other supplies to the 2 million West Berliners every day.
Berlin Airlift
300
This popular WWII general became president during the Korean War.
Dwight Eisenhower
300
In all the years of the Cold War, the world never came closer to full-scale nuclear war than during this event.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
300
Surprise attacks launched on cities throughout South Vietnam and the storming of the American embassy in Saigon was know as what?
What was the Tet Offensive?
300
Which president went to Berlin and told Gorbachev to "tear down that wall?"
Reagan
400
Name the two cold war alliances that formed at the begins of the Cold War.
NATO and Warsaw Pact
400
This senator lead the search for communists here at home until he was censured by congress.
Joseph McCarthy
400
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration
400
Who was president when the Vietnam war ended.
Nixon
400
A treaty between the superpowers limiting the number of nuclear warheads and missiles.
SALT Agreement.
500
The leader of the communist revolution in China.
Mao Zedong
500
President Truman fired this general when they disagreed over Korean War strategy.
Gen. MacArthur
500
Name the Soviet and American leaders during the crisis in Cuba.
Kennedy and Khrushchev
500
The name of the communist group that won control of Cambodia.
Khmer Rouge
500
Polish trade union opposed to communist control.
Solidarity