13-0b Cold War Video (no spaces)

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  1. 4. Gorbachev was the leader of the USSR, while Yeltsin was elected leader of ____ , which is within the USSR.
  2. 6. ____ is Gorbachev’s policy that changed the economy and allowed some private business.
  3. 8. To stop the USSR from delivering nuclear missiles to Cuba, President Kennedy set up a ___ in the Atlantic.
  4. 10. ___ ___ was the nickname of a U.S. weapon that used laser beams to shoot down Soviet missiles
  5. 13. _____ war was similar to the Korean war: the country was split between communists & non-communists.
  6. 14. ____ is Gorbachev’s policy that allowed citizens to be more open with their speech and ideas.
  7. 16. U.S. fought in Vietnam because they feared the ___ ___ : spread of communism from country to country.
  8. 19. Due to Gorbachev’s changes, ____ took place in the USSR for the first time, for non-communist candidates.
  9. 20. The Cuban Missile Crisis was avoided because Kennedy agreed to remove U.S. missiles from _____ .
  10. 21. U.S. made ___ ___ president in the 1980s, to be more aggressive toward the Soviets.
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  1. 1. Vietnam was a ___ ___ between US & USSR, since they could not fight directly, without destroying the planet.
  2. 2. ___ was a time in the 1970s where U.S. & USSR reduced tension between them and improved their economies.
  3. 3. MAD means that the destruction of both sides is ___ ___ , and no one survives a nuclear war.
  4. 5. ____ was the last soviet leader, & he gave citizens the right to speak out, which was a first in the U.S.S.R.
  5. 7. Communism started in Cuba when Fiedel Castro used a _____ to overthrow the government.
  6. 9. U.S. President tried to remove communism from Cuba at the ___ of ___ , but he failed miserably.
  7. 11. Communism left Eastern Europe either through ____ or through elections, depending upon the country.
  8. 12. A USSR _____ almost launched nuclear warheads because they thought the US was attacking.
  9. 15. Soviet citizens were ___ ___ , because most of the Soviet money went towards military spending.
  10. 17. Ukraine, Belarus, & Russia replaced the U.S.S.R with the Russian ____ , which has lasted ever since.
  11. 18. When the ___ ___ was removed, Germany was reunited & Berliners could then cross from East to West.