Name That President
The Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy (JFK)
The Soviet Union controlled this half of Germany and the city of Berlin.
East
This policy aimed to prevent the spread of communism by blocking Soviet influence.
Containment
The nickname given to President Reagan's missile defense initiative, inspired by a popular movie franchise.
"Star Wars"
Which country took Americans hostage at the US Embassy after the United States refused to send the Shah back to their country?
Iran
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
The name of the alliance between the Soviet Union and the other communist countries of Europe.
The Warsaw Pact
_____ theory stated that if one country fell to Communism, the rest of the countries in the area would also fall to Communism.
Domino
This city fell to the Viet Cong after the United States' withdrawal from Vietnam.
Saigon
President Carter agreed to give up control of what important waterway to help improve relations with Latin America?
The Panama Canal
This president visited both Communist China and the Soviet Union during his presidency (détente).
Richard Nixon
Who began the reforms within the USSR that led to the democratization of the Soviet Union in the 1980s?
Mikhail Gorbachev
The USSR blockaded Berlin in 1948, leading to the ____ ______ by the United States and the Allies.
Berlin Airlift
What atrocity (terrible act) did US troops commit against civilians in Vietnam?
My Lai Massacre
Who was the Secretary of Defense for both Kennedy and Johnson? (HINT: Fog of War)
Robert McNamara
This president was very concerned with human rights; which led to cutting funding from Argentina & Brazil and increasing tensions with China & the USSR.
Jimmy Carter
In 1985, Gorbachev announced a policy of ______ (openness).
Glasnost
Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe were divided by what at the beginning of the Cold War?
"The Iron Curtain"
Nixon's advisor who thought that the US should have a "Realpolitik" approach to Communism.
Henry Kissinger
In Nicaragua, what was the name of the anti-communist group that was supported by Reagan?
Contras
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)
Perestroika
Which countries did the US give $400 million in aid to? (HINT: Truman Doctrine)
Turkey and Greece
Nixon's plan to gradually withdraw from Vietnam and allow the South Vietnamese to take a more active role was called __________.
Vietnamization
The name of the alliance between the United States, Canada, and ten Western European nations as a protection against Communist aggression.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)