Leaders
He was the U.S. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
John F. Kennedy
This event in 1962 brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
the Cuban Missile Crisis
The U.S. supported this political/economic system during the Cold War.
capitalism
This type of bomb was much more powerful than the atomic bomb.
the hydrogen bomb
This Asian country was divided at the 38th parallel.
Korea
Soviet leader known for initiating Perestroika and Glasnost.
Mikhail Gorbachev
This wall fell in 1989, symbolizing the end of the Cold War.
the Berlin Wall
The USSR supported this political/economic system.
communism
The race to develop weapons between the U.S. and USSR is called this.
the Arms race
This Southeast Asian country saw a long war involving U.S. troops.
Vietnam
British Prime Minister who coined the term "Iron Curtain."
Winston Churchill
U.S. and British forces supplied West Berlin by air during this crisis.
the Berlin Airlift
The competition between these two ideologies defined the Cold War.
What are capitalism and communism?
This treaty limited the number of nuclear weapons each side could have.
the SALT agreement
In 1956 and 1968, uprisings in these two Eastern Bloc countries were crushed by the USSR.
Hungary and Czechoslovakia
Leader of the Soviet Union during the Berlin Airlift.
Joseph Stalin
North Korea invaded South Korea in this year.
1950
The "Domino Theory" was used to justify this U.S. policy.
What is containment
This U.S. program proposed a space-based missile defense system.
the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
This Central American country saw a U.S.-backed invasion attempt at the Bay of Pigs.
Cuba
U.S. President who implemented the Truman Doctrine.
Harry Truman
John F. Kennedy was assassinated in what year?
1963
What ideology is communism based on?
Marxism
The most powerful Hydrogen Bomb created?
Tstar Bomba
The USSR invaded this country in 1979, prompting U.S. sanctions and Olympic boycotts.
Afghanistan