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animated reptilian star of 'Duck and Cover'
Who was Bert the Turtle?
100
Soviet leader after Stalin, gave a speech criticizing Stalin, leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who was Nikita Khruschev?
100
The Berlin Wall is located in this nation
What is Germany?
100
The first anti-communist war the U.S. fought in Asia
What is the Korean War?
100
This doctrine implemented' containment theory', leading to U.S. aid to Greece and Turkey
What is the Truman Doctrine?
200
President who implemented the Marshall Plan
Who was Harry Truman?
200
leader of communist China
Who was Mao?
200
A 'Cultural Revolution' took place here
What is China?
200
This authorization by Congress allowed for large scale commitment of US Troops during the Vietnam War
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
200
This program spent billions of dollars in Western Europe
What is the Marshall Plan?
300
The author of 'Containment Theory'
Who was George Kennan?
300
U.S. president who favored 'massive retaliation'
Who was Eisenhower?
300
This nation was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1956
What is Hungary?
300
A 1960s stand-off over the placement over Soviet nuclear weapons
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
300
Theorists who believe that foreign policy should be based on individual values
Who are idealists?
400
commander of U.N. forces at start of Korean War, later fired
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
400
U.S. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who was Kennedy?
400
During the Cold War, this Asian war ended in a virtual stalemate
What is the Korean War?
400
The Soviet invasion of this nation led to a US led boycott of the 1980 summer Olympics
What is Afghanistan?
400
The period of decreased Cold War tensions is known as
What is detente?
500
The leaders of opposition to Communism in Poland and Czechoslovakia
Who were Lech Walesca and Vaclav Havel?
500
Soviet leader who replaced Khruschev
Who was Brezhnev?
500
Soviet Union repressed opposition in this nation in 1968
What is Czechoslovakia?
500
The alliance formed amongst communist nations in eastern Europe?
What is the Warsaw Pact?
500
idea that if one nation becomes communist, others shall follow
What is domino theory?