Which of the following choices is a group of world leaders during the Cold War?

What made the Cold War "cold"?

Why did the Soviets choose Cuba for a strategic place to send missiles?

During the Cold War, ______________ based its economy on communism, where property, farms, and industries are owned and controlled by the government.

___________________ has an economy based on capitalism, which encourages private ownership of farms and businesses.

___________ established a foreign policy of containment hoping to keep communism from spreading to other countries.

Which of the following choices contains ONLY elements of the SPACE RACE during the Cold War?

When WWII ended, a figurative _________________ divided Europe between capitalist democracies in the west, and communist dictatorships in the east.

___________________ was 25 miles of concrete wall dividing Berlin - Communist East Germany and Democratic West Germany.

The Berlin Airlift was a program where _______________ helped ________________ by flying in food and fuel when the Soviet Union troops cut off the city from western trade.

From 1950-1953, U.S. and Soviet troops fought the Korean War, which ended in a stalemate, dividing the peninsula into communist north and democratic south. What does the word STALEMATE mean?

The countries of ________________ promised to help each other if there was an attack by the Soviet Union.

_____________ gave the US more than 13 billion dollars to rebuild Europe after WWII. The US was to give funds, food, and materials.

The_________________ reflected people’s fears that communist ideas would spread throughout the U.S. and the government investigated communists and socialists.

True or False - Proxy War can be defined as a war where the world superpowers did not directly fight but supported opposing sides.

The United States and Soviet Union were in a ________________ competing to develop, manufacture, and stockpile more powerful and destructive weapons after WWII.

_________________ - Americans dealt with nuclear anxiety by practicing drills and building bomb shelters..

In 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson increased military presence in South Vietnam to try and prevent the spread of __________________.

True or False? : From 1965-1973 the U.S. sent combat troops to the Vietnam War but failed to stop CAPITALISM from spreading to South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.

President Kennedy found out about secret Soviet missile bases in Cuba. He issued a naval blockade to prevent the Soviet Union from sending any more missiles to Cuba. This event became known as _______.

The 38th Parallel on the boarder of communist North Korea and democratic South Korea is considered to be a ___________ where military forces are banned.

What was the network of roads, tunnels, and trails created by the Viet Cong called?

Wernher von Braun and his team of scientists would eventually develop the Explorer I which was America's first satellite at this Alabama location.

_____ is Alabama's largest military base and is the home of the U.S. Army Aviation where they trained helicopter pilots during the Vietnam War.

What was Winston Churchill speaking of when he spoke about “the iron curtain”?

During the Potsdam Conference President Truman wrote this in a letter to his wife, "I have an ace in the hole and another one showing--so unless he has threes or two pair (and I know he has not) we are sitting all right." What was the “ace in the hole” and who did not have it?

How does this photo represent Alabama’s contributions in the Space Race?

Why was landing on the moon important to the United States?

What was an effect of this event?