Good Morning Vietnam
Which president used the policy of Vietnamization?
Who is Richard Nixon?
This president ordered the use of atomic bombs on Japan and later committed the U.S to containment.
Who is Harry Truman?
This acronym describes the fear that nuclear war could destroy the world multiple times over.
What is Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)?
This doctrine established the United States' mission to limit the global spread of communism.
What is the Truman doctrine?
This wall built in 1961 became the ultimate symbol of Cold War division in Europe.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This major attack on a Vietnamese holiday escalated the war and killed thousands.
What is the Tet Offensive?
The communist leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is Fidel Castro?
A top secret research program which resulted in the development of the atomic bomb in the United States.
What is the Manhattan Project?
This Asian war from 1950-1953 was the first preview of the United States' policy of containment.
What is the Korean War?
The first televised presidential debate in 1960 was between these two candidates.
Who were John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon?
These top secret papers regarding the war were leaked, damaging the reputation of the government.
What are the Pentagon Papers?
This senator became famous for claiming communists had infiltrated the U.S government during the Red Scare.
Who is Senator Joseph McCarthy?
A 13 day confrontation in Cuba which almost resulted in nuclear war
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This plan pledged economic aid to help rebuild nations destroyed by war.
What is the Marshall Plan?
The Soviet Union fell during this year.
What is 1991?
This trail was heavily bombed by the U.S during Operation Rolling Thunder
What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
This figure proclaimed an "Iron Curtain" had expanded across Europe in a speech given in a Missouri gymnasium.
Who is Winston Churchill?
This 1948-49 operation flew supplies into West Berlin after Stalin blockaded the city.
This theory suggested that if one nation fell to communism, neighboring nations would follow.
What is the Domino Theory?
This Soviet Satellite launched in 1957 sparked fears that the United States was falling behind technologically.
What is Sputnik?
This massacre carried out by U.S soldiers became symbolic of the horrors of the Vietnam War.
What is the My Lai Massacre?
The USSR fell under the leadership of this Soviet leader.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This system implemented by Ronald Reagan was proposed to protect the United States from missiles
What is the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)?
This convert CIA-backed invasion of Cuba in 1961 ended in disaster for the United States.
What is the Bay of Pigs invasion?
How many US Presidents did we go through during the Cold War (1945-1991)?
What is 9?