End of Cold War part 3

What was the purpose of the Eisenhower Doctrine?

• To promote democracy in Europe

• To defend the Middle East against communists

• To support the Soviet Union

• To establish a new government in Hungary

Who replaced Stalin as the Soviet leader?

• A) Nikita Khrushchev

• B) Leonid Brezhnev

• C) Mikhail Gorbachev

• D) Boris Yeltsin

Who was the first man in space on April 12, 1961?

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

• Alan Shepard

• Buzz Aldrin

Who was the first American in space on May 5, 1961?

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• Alan Shepard

• Buzz Aldrin

Who focused on easing Cold War tension and advanced relationships with the USSR and China?

• Henry Kissinger

• Richard Nixon

• Ronald Reagan

• John F. Kennedy

What was Nixon's policy to ease the Cold War tensions called?

• Containment

• Realpolitik

• Détente

• Isolationism

Who was elected with a platform of strong opposition to communism and increased defense spending to bankrupt the USSR?

• Ronald Reagan

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Richard Nixon

• John F. Kennedy

What policy did Mikhail Gorbachev introduce to allow criticism and limited freedom of the press?

• Glasnost

• Perestroika

• Détente

• Containment