Cold War Review

5. This man was the Communist leader of North Vietnam.
6. During the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the US tried to overthrow the communist government of ______.
8. According to the _______, if one country falls to communism its neighbors will too.
9. The United States and the _________ were the two major super powers during the Cold War.
10. The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong were difficult to fight because they used ________ warfare tactics.
11. The US and UN forces fought to stop the spread of communism in ______ from 1950 to 1953.
12. The _______ were communist rebels in South Vietnam.
14. In the 1980s, President Ronald _______ called the USSR an "evil empire" and increased defense spending.
16. During the ______, the US and USSR built up large nuclear arsenals and missiles around the world.
18. The first leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War was Joseph _______.
19. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964) allowed President Lyndon B. ________ to send more troops to Vietnam.
20. President Nixon began a policy called ________ to replace US soldiers with Vietnamese soldiers.

1. The first Communist leader of China was _______.
2. The goal of this foreign policy was stopping the spread of communism.
3. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F. ______ ordered a naval blockade of Cuba.
4. Beginning in the 1930s, the House _______ Activities Committee (HUAC) began investigating communist activity in the US.
7. The _______ were published in 1971 and revealed that the government had lied about the Vietnam War.
13. The US, Britain, France, and other non-communist countries formed a military alliance known as ______.
15. President Nixon began a policy called _______ to ease tensions with the USSR and China.
17. The ______ was a period of intense fear over the spread of communism in the US.