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The person who coined the term "The Iron Curtain
Who was Winston Churchill?
100
The Communist leader of Cuba from the 1950s until the 21st century
Who was Fidel Castro?
100
The Soviet Ally that is only 90 miles from Florida. (It had Soviet nuclear warheads aimed at the U.S.)
What is Cuba?
100
The term for the competition between two countries to have the most nuclear weapons
What was the Nuclear Arms Race?
100
The period of tension between the United States and the USSR that began after WWII and lasted until the early 1990s
What was the Cold War?
200
The 35th U.S. President who was assassinated in Dallas, Texas in 1963
President John F. Kennedy
200
The U.S. President who initiated the doctrine of containment?
Who was President Harry Truman?
200
The big structure built to separate East Berlin and West Berlin
What is the Berlin Wall?
200
The name for delivery of supplies by the Allied Planes across the Soviet lines into West Berlin
What was the Berlin Airlift?
200
The imaginary line that separated Eastern (Communist) Europe from Western (Democratic) Europe
What was the Iron Curtain?
300
The Communist dictator of USSR during the Cold War
Who was Joseph Stalin?
300
The U.S. President that initiated U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam and did not seek reelection
Who was President Lyndon B. Johnson?
300
Washington D.C.
Where is The Vietnam War Memorial?
300
The term for the 13 day period when the Soviet Union placed nuclear weapons in Cuba
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
300
The plan to give control of South Vietnam back to its citizens
What was Vietnamization?
400
The Premiere of the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who was Nikita Khruschev?
400

What type of urban area was developed after WWII to meet the growing demand for housing?

What are the suburbs

400
The country that was first to successfully launch a rocket into space?
What was the USSR?
400
The event that reunited East and West Berlin into one city at the end of the Cold War?
What was the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
400
The name for charges of Communism against U.S. citizens without any real evidence
What was McCarthyism?
500
The U.S. Senator who accused U.S. citizens of being Communists
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
500
The leader of Communist North Vietnam
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
500
The dividing line between North and South Korea
What is the 38th Parallel?
500
The term used to describe marches, sit-ins, and other protests of the Vietnam War by U.S. citizens
What was the Anti-War Movement?
500
The term for the organization of countries that was formed to help nations resist Communism
What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?