Communists in Vietnam forced out the _____ colonists in 1954.

In Cuba, a communist named ________ led a revolution to overthrow the Cuban president, Fulgencio Batista. Castro’s army achieved its goal in 1959.

The term “_______” refers to the ideological division between Eastern and Western Europe.

Soviet spies had secretly gained information about the US atomic bomb project, called the _________ Project.

A hydrogen bomb is more powerful than an atomic bomb.

The word nuclear (new-clee-are) come from the term _________, which is also a hydrogen bomb.

The rivalry between the democratic U.S. and the communist Soviet Union led to a competition to make more and more nuclear weapons. This is competition is called

News of testing these weapons created ______ among the people that nuclear war was unavoidable.

The first delivery system (how the nuclear bomb got delivered to its target) were

By the ______, both the U.S. and the Soviets had enough nuclear weapons to wipe out each other multiple times.

In 1957, the Soviet Union stunned the United States by launching the first human-made satellite, ___________.

President _______ had to reassure the nation that the U.S. satellite program was well designed and would move forward (even though the Soviets had got theirs to space first)

During the Cold War, the idea that no one will start an all-out nuclear war because no side can win and no side can survive.

Both the U.S. and the Soviets provided military assistance to their allies, who were fighting one another. These regional conflicts were known as __________.

In 1949, the leader of ______ formed an alliance with the Soviets and became a communist nation.

At the end of WWII, the ______ took control of North Korea and turned it into a communist country. The United States sponsored the anti-communist South Korea, or the Republic of Korea.

In South Korea, the United States backed anti-communist leader Syngman Rhee. Both leaders claimed ______ over all of Korea.

In June _____, the North Korean army invaded South Korea.

While fifteen nations provided support for South Korea, the ________ contributed the most troops to the effort. US general Douglas MacArthur led the UN forces.

Kim Il Sung acted as dictator of North Korea for _____ years, starting in 1948.

MacArthur pushed his troops into North Korea until they came close to the country’s northern border with ______. That country pushed MacArthur's forces back.

General MacArthur, angered over Chinese involvement in North Korea, wanted the United States to bomb China. US president Harry Truman ________.

In 1953, both sides signed a ________. They agreed to stop fighting, and the boundary between North Korea and South Korea was reestablished.

During World War II, the Japanese took control of French ______

After WWII, the French tried to reestablish their colonial rule in Indochina. A communist leader in Vietnam named _______ led a rebel group, the Viet Minh to oppose the French.

After ______ defeat in 1954, Vietnam split into North and South Vietnam.

Eisenhower was afraid that if Ho Chi Minh took over South Vietnam, other Southeast Asian nations would fall to __________.

a Cold War theory that says if one nation in a region falls to Communism, others will follow

The primary goal of ______ was to stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia.

North Vietnam began to encourage and aid communist rebels in South Vietnam, called the Viet Cong, to overthrow Diem’s government. To stop them, the _______ continued to provide financial and military aid to South Vietnam.

Vice President Lyndon Johnson succeeded Kennedy in the White House. As president, Johnson strongly believed in the domino theory. He sent more advisers and troops to South Vietnam. What happened to Kennedy?

In 1965, US aircraft began bombing North Vietnam. Johnson also increased the number of US troops to ________. Meanwhile, China and the Soviet Union provided military aid to North Vietnam.

The Vietnam War became ______ among Americans.

The North Vietnamese seemed stronger than ever. __________ realized that a victory in Vietnam was impossible, and US citizens lost faith in him.

Richard Nixon, who became president in 1969, _______ to withdraw US troops from South Vietnam.

The US government, under pressure from the antiwar movement, finally pulled out of the war in _______.

In 1975 South Vietnam surrendered to the North. Vietnam was soon unified under a single _________ government.

To oppose _______, the United States and other countries of the Americas met for a conference in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1948.

Today, 35 nations are members in the Organization of American States. The organization’s flag flies over its headquarters in ____________.

In 1950, the citizens of Guatemala elected Jacobo Arbenz as president. Arbenz was a socialist. Many people in the United States believed that socialist policies could lead to the development of a __________ state.

In 1973, the U.S. became concerned over the country of Chile. The CIA offered support to the leader of the Chilean Army, _______, and his army overthrew Allende (who was a socialist).

For 46 years, Anastasio Somoza, a dictator, had ruled the Republic of _______ in Central America.

By 1955, Batista’s corrupt government had damaged ______ economy. Student riots and other protests against Batista became common.

In 1959, Cuban leader _______ established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere. He ruled until 2008, when he handed over power to his brother Raúl.

The loss of control over Cuban industries and the rise of communism in Cuba was a severe blow to the United States’ anti-communist efforts. In response, the CIA provided military training to ______ Cubans who had fled Cuba.

The Bay of Pigs Invasion is considered one of the biggest military _______in US history.

The Cold War between the United States and Cuba intensified in 1962. On October 15, a US reconnaissance plane spotted missiles being installed in Cuba. This event, which led to two weeks of panic among Americans and Soviets alike, was called the _________.

Khrushchev promised to dismantle the Soviet missiles in Cuba if the United States removed missiles it installed in _______.

In 1963, the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union signed the _______Treaty. The Cold War started to lose its intensity.