Cold War Review

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  1. 2. A superpower is a country who has the strength to ________ and influence large parts of the world.
  2. 6. The two superpowers after WWII were the United States and the ________________.
  3. 8. A group of Congressmen who investigated Americans for communist activity and "disloyal actions".
  4. 9. Both the Korean War and Vietnam War were fought for this purpose.
  5. 10. The policy of providing aid to help foreign countries resist communism.
  6. 12. Military alliance joined by the Soviet Union to defend against possible attack from the United States.
  7. 13. This country became a Superpower because it did not suffer damage in WWII the way other countries had.
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  1. 1. The competition for global dominance between the US and Soviet Union.
  2. 2. The time WWIII almost broke out over Soviet Missiles being stationed 90 miles off the coast of Florida.
  3. 3. This president helped avoid WWIII by peacefully negotiating and end to a military standoff with Nikita Khrushchev.
  4. 4. The gift of $13 billion in supplies and aid to help Europe recover from WWII.
  5. 5. The line of separation in Eastern Europe between American influence and Soviet influence.
  6. 7. A war that almost turned into WWIII because it ended with America fighting China.
  7. 11. Military alliance joined by the United States to defend against possible attack from the Soviet Union.