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Truman’s policy of keeping Soviet influence within existing boundaries..
What is containment? $100
Eastern European countries dominated by Soviet power and influence were called these..
What are satellite nations ? $200
This communist leader gained control in China in 1949.
Who is Mao Zedong? $300
Mass producing homes was this man’s vision.
Who is William Levitt? $400
This man who created a program to rebuild Europe after WWII; NATO members joined.
Who is George Marshall? $500
This WWII general defined the “domino theory”; he served as president for two terms during the 1950s.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower? $100
This senator accused many of being “dirty commies”; with no evidence, he destroyed many lives.
Who is Joseph McCarthy? $200
This General argued that the U.S. had to attack China to win in Korea; Truman promptly fired him.
Who is the Douglas MacArthur? $300
This revolutionary leader set up a socialist state in Cuba in 1959.
Who is Fidel Castro? $400
This Soviet leader launched Sputnik to the shock of many in the U.S.
$??? Who is Nikita Khushchev?
The hippies rejection of 1950s values was classified by this term.
$100 What is the counterculture?
The U.S. and the Soviet Union came close to nuclear war during the fourteen days of this fiasco.
$200 What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
These “hit and run” were a new type of warfare we first experienced in Vietnam.
$300 What is guerilla warfare?
This president had visions of a Great Society but gave it up to pay for Vietnam.
$400 Who is Lyndon Johnson?
The US Embassy was attacked by the North Vietnamese during this event, creating a turning point in the Vietnam War.
$500 What is the Tet Offensive?
This policy of Nixon’s, meaning “reducing tension”, was applied throughout this decade.
$100 What is détente ?
Nixon and Brezhnev signed this treaty which controlled the number of nuclear weapons each could hold.
$200 What is the S.A.L.T. agreement? (Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty)
The Soviet Union invaded this country, resulting in a U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics.
$300 What is Afghanistan?
Bringing these two leaders to an agreement at Camp David was Carter’s biggest achievement.
$400 Who are Sadat and Begin?
The NY Times reported lies and errors made in Vietnam in these defense documents.
$??? What are the Pentagon Papers?
This Soviet leader “made the fear disappear”.
$100 Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
The Berlin Wall came tumbling down when this president was in power.
$200 Who is George Bush Sr.?
Reagan increased defense spending to research this defense program.
$300 What is SDI or Star Wars? Strategic Defense Initiative
This Soviet policy of “speaking out openly and honestly” was a great change for the USSR.
$400 What is glasnost ?
In this affair, Reagan sold arms to one country to pay for a revolution in another, all without Congress’ approval!
$500 What is the Iran-Contra Affair?
Diplomacy
These three factors contributed to the end of the Cold War.
What are: (name 3!) 1.The USSR’s economic troubles at home. 2.Gorbie’s policies of glasnost and perestroika 3.Reagan’s hawkish attitude and STAR WARS program. 4.The Soviet’s burden of fighting a war in Afghanistan.