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Miscellanious
100
Name one of the two war time conferences the demonstrated that the 'marriage of necessity ' between the allies was coming to an end
What is Potsdam or Yalta
100
This American President carefully averted nuclear war in 1963, and to ensure better communication with the U.S.S.R., installed a 'hot line' between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
Who is Kennedy
100
This war broke out after French forces were defeated after trying to re-impose control over this former colony.
What is Vietnam
100
This term refers to a reduction in tension between the super powers that occurred after the Cuban Missile Crisis
What is detente
100
This term, coined by Winston Churchill during a speech was considered an act of agression by the West by Stalin
What is Iron Curtain
200
America demonstrated to the world its committment to the people of this European city in 1949 that it would stand by any nation or people who opposed communism
What is Berlin Blockade
200
This Jr. Senator began the "Red Scare" in the U.S. when he told U.S. president Harry Truman that communists had infiltrated the government sparking a standing committee on "Un-American Activites".
Who is Joe McCarthy
200
This proxy war, from 1950-53, has never formally been concluded by a peace treaty.
What is the Korean war
200
The economic component of the Truman Doctrine.
What is Marshall Plan
200
This American foreign policy took an agressive approach to dealing with the threat of Soviet expansion. It led to confrontationsin Berlin, Korea and Vietnam.
What is the Truman Doctrine
300
Built by the Soviets, this barrier was designed to keep East Berliners in, not the West out as was claimed.
What is the Berlin Wall
300
This Cold War U.S. president warned of the growing power of the U.S. military industry, arguing it could make war more likely in the future.
Who is Dwight Eisenhower
300
This proxy war began in 1979 and ended with the defeat of Soviet forces in 1989.
What is Afghanistan
300
This is an agressive form of diplimacy where you push your opponent to the edge of war to achieve your foreign policy goals.
What is Brinkmanship
300
The name of the French policy used to justify its possessiono f nuclear weapons.
What is dissuasion
400
Following the Cuban Missile Crisis the Soviet leadership began a period of "de-Stalinization" which led Alexander Dubcek, the leader of this nation, to mistakenly conclude that is might be ok for his government to open iteself to liberal refoms known as this.
What is Prauge Spring
400
This leader of North Vietnam wanted a united country but was rejected by the Americans at the Paris peace talks in 1919; he found a willing audience in the USSR after WW2.
Who is Ho Chi Minh
400

The conflict in this Latin American country led to the near impeachment of a US president and a Congressional investigation when it was discovered the CIA was selling weapons illegally to anti-communist rebels 

What is Nicaragua

400
This acronym describes why nuclear war has not occured; it holds that nuclear war is unwinnable because no one survives.
What is MAD
400
This member of the Warsaw Pact attempted to invoke liberal reforms in 1956, and asked the West for support, but the Soviets responded with tanks and crushed the revolution.
What is Hungary
500
In the late 1980's, a shipyard worker in this country led a labour union which called on worker "Solidarity" which helped bring down the Soviet backed government leading to free elections in Poland and his election as president
What is Poland
500
This Soviet leader, like his American counterpart, had difficulty controlling hardliners in his own party during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is Khruschev
500

During the 1980's, many proxy wars were fought on this continent in places like Angola and the Congo.

What is Africa

500
This meeting of non-aligned nations was held to discuss trade and mutual support for members who were resisting pressure to join either the Soviet or American spheres of influence
What is Bandung Conference
500
List 2 of the many arms agreements signed during the 'thaw' period of the Cold war
What are: Test Ban Treaty, 1964; Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, 1967; SALT I, 1972; START