Cold War Review

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  1. 5. This man was the Communist leader of North Vietnam.
  2. 6. During the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the US tried to overthrow the communist government of ______.
  3. 8. According to the _______, if one country falls to communism its neighbors will too.
  4. 9. The United States and the _________ were the two major super powers during the Cold War.
  5. 10. The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong were difficult to fight because they used ________ warfare tactics.
  6. 11. The US and UN forces fought to stop the spread of communism in ______ from 1950 to 1953.
  7. 12. The _______ were communist rebels in South Vietnam.
  8. 14. In the 1980s, President Ronald _______ called the USSR an "evil empire" and increased defense spending.
  9. 16. During the ______, the US and USSR built up large nuclear arsenals and missiles around the world.
  10. 18. The first leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War was Joseph _______.
  11. 19. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964) allowed President Lyndon B. ________ to send more troops to Vietnam.
  12. 20. President Nixon began a policy called ________ to replace US soldiers with Vietnamese soldiers.
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  1. 1. The first Communist leader of China was _______.
  2. 2. The goal of this foreign policy was stopping the spread of communism.
  3. 3. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F. ______ ordered a naval blockade of Cuba.
  4. 4. Beginning in the 1930s, the House _______ Activities Committee (HUAC) began investigating communist activity in the US.
  5. 7. The _______ were published in 1971 and revealed that the government had lied about the Vietnam War.
  6. 13. The US, Britain, France, and other non-communist countries formed a military alliance known as ______.
  7. 15. President Nixon began a policy called _______ to ease tensions with the USSR and China.
  8. 17. The ______ was a period of intense fear over the spread of communism in the US.