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This was the leader of the Soviet Union in the first years of the Cold War.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
This is the type of political ideology that the Soviet Union wanted to spread in Europe.
What is Communism?
This was the reason the U.S. and U.S.S.R. did not fight a “hot” war.
What is nuclear annihilation (or mutually assured destruction)?
These were the two spy organizations for the U.S. and U.S.S.R. during the Cold War.
What were the KGB and the CIA?
This was the president of the U.S. during the first years of the Cold War (he ordered atomic bombs dropped on Japan in WWII).
Who is Harry Truman?
The American policy of CONTAINMENT towards Communism (giving military aid to countries) also was known by this name.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
These two blocs, or military alliances, formed around the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
What are NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
Making threats, using propaganda, and sending aid to other nations so they can oppose your enemy are all weapons of this type of war.
What is a “cold” war?
This was the fiercely anti-Communist U.S. president in the 1980s who wanted to use the “Star Wars” laser system.
Who is President Ronald Reagan?
This was the policy of easing Cold War tensions with the Communists.
What is Détente?
The dividing line between Communist Eastern Europe and Democratic Western Europe was called by this name.
What is the Iron Curtain?
When Joseph Stalin would not allow Eastern European countries to have elections after WWII, he turned those countries into Soviet _______ nations.
What are “satellite” nations?
This was the reform-minded leader of the Soviet Union in the 1980s (think of perestroika and glasnost).
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This was the Russian term for the government relaxing its control over the economy and allowing private business ownership.
What is perestroika?
This was the high-tech defense system against nuclear missiles proposed by Ronald Reagan.
What is the “Star Wars” system?
(also known as Strategic Defense Initiative, or SDI)
This is the Russian term for allowing open discussion and freedom of speech to improve the Soviet Union.
What is glasnost?
It was this man’s plan to protect European nations from Communism by giving them billions of dollars and strengthening its economy.
Who is George Marshall? (the Marshall Plan)
This was the agreement on the limiting of the number of ICBM nuclear missiles.
What is SALT?
(Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
When the Soviets attempted to starve out democratic West Berlin, the Americans and British got around the blockade with this action.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This structure was destroyed in 1989, which signaled the end of the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?