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4. Truman’s policy of keeping Soviet influence within existing boundaries..

5. What is containment? $100

6. Eastern European countries dominated by Soviet power and influence were called these..

7. What are satellite nations ? $200

8. This communist leader gained control in China in 1949.

9. Who is Mao Zedong? $300

10. Mass producing homes was this man’s vision.

11. Who is William Levitt? $400

12. This man who created a program to rebuild Europe after WWII; NATO members joined.

13. Who is George Marshall? $500

14. This WWII general defined the “domino theory”; he served as president for two terms during the 1950s.

15. Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower? $100

16. This senator accused many of being “dirty commies”; with no evidence, he destroyed many lives.

17. Who is Joseph McCarthy? $200

18. This General argued that the U.S. had to attack China to win in Korea; Truman promptly fired him.

19. Who is the Douglas MacArthur? $300

20. This revolutionary leader set up a socialist state in Cuba in 1959.

21. Who is Fidel Castro? $400

22. This Soviet leader launched Sputnik to the shock of many in the U.S.

23. $??? Who is Nikita Khushchev?

24. The hippies rejection of 1950s values was classified by this term.

25. $100 What is the counterculture?

26. The U.S. and the Soviet Union came close to nuclear war during the fourteen days of this fiasco.

27. $200 What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?

28. These “hit and run” were a new type of warfare we first experienced in Vietnam.

29. $300 What is guerilla warfare?

30. This president had visions of a Great Society but gave it up to pay for Vietnam.

31. $400 Who is Lyndon Johnson?

32. The US Embassy was attacked by the North Vietnamese during this event, creating a turning point in the Vietnam War.

33. $500 What is the Tet Offensive?

34. This policy of Nixon’s, meaning “reducing tension”, was applied throughout this decade.

35. $100 What is détente ?

37. Nixon and Brezhnev signed this treaty which controlled the number of nuclear weapons each could hold.

38. $200 What is the S.A.L.T. agreement? (Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty)

39. The Soviet Union invaded this country, resulting in a U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics.

40. $300 What is Afghanistan?

41. Bringing these two leaders to an agreement at Camp David was Carter’s biggest achievement.

42. $400 Who are Sadat and Begin?

44. The NY Times reported lies and errors made in Vietnam in these defense documents.

45. $??? What are the Pentagon Papers?

46. This Soviet leader “made the fear disappear”.

47. $100 Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?

48. The Berlin Wall came tumbling down when this president was in power.

49. $200 Who is George Bush Sr.?

50. Reagan increased defense spending to research this defense program.

51. $300 What is SDI or Star Wars? Strategic Defense Initiative

52. This Soviet policy of “speaking out openly and honestly” was a great change for the USSR.

53. $400 What is glasnost ?

54. In this affair, Reagan sold arms to one country to pay for a revolution in another, all without Congress’ approval!

55. $500 What is the Iran-Contra Affair?

56. Diplomacy

57. These three factors contributed to the end of the Cold War.

58. 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.