The Soviet Union supported and wanted to spread ________________ throughout the world.

The Cold War lasted from

The Truman Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy stating that the U.S. would

To help rebuild Europe and protect vulnerable nations from communism, the U.S. implemented

The two separate and rival Cold War military alliances that the U.S. and Soviet Union created were

________________ was U.S. strategic policy focused on stopping and containing any further spread of communism.

________________ became the foundation for U.S. foreign policy for fighting the spread of communism.

Which statement was true about the Berlin Blockade?

The Berlin Wall was erected by the Soviets

The Space Race was a competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

What was the Arms Race between the Soviet Union and the U.S.?

The ________________ described a period when people in the U.S. were worried communists were infiltrating society and the federal government of the U.S.

The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Yom Kippur War, and the Soviet Afghanistan War are all examples of

The tearing down of the Berlin Wall symbolized

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War occurred because of

What was the belief that if one country fell to communist then surrounding countries would also fall to communism?

___________ In the 1960s, the Soviets decided to build a concrete barrier which physically cut and sealed off East Berlin from West Berlin.

___________Though there was never direct military engagement between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, the rivalry between the two superpowers led to many indirect (“proxy”) wars.

___________The Cold War has its origins from the Soviets expanding into eastern Europe after WWII and breaking several postwar agreements intended to support democracies in Eastern Europe.

___________The U.S. was the first nation to send a satellite and person into space.

___________ Mutual Assured Destruction (“MAD”) strategy was the idea that no matter how successful the first nuclear strike was, both sides would be destroyed. This became discouragement and viewed to prevent war between the two superpowers.

___________ Senator McCarthy was obsessed and determined to oust communists from the U.S. during the 1950’s and falsely accused many citizens of being communist agents.

___________ Senator McCarthy became so respected by all U.S senators and popular with the American people that he was nominated as a “hero” of the Cold War.

.___________ During the Cuban Missiles Criss, the Soviet Union agreed they would remove the missiles from Cuba if the U.S. agreed to never invade Cuba and the U.S. would remove their nuclear missiles from Turkey and Italy.

___________ During the Cold War there was very little use of espionage.

The__________________ was the Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations’ military alliance, which was formed in 1955.

The __________________ is the theory which suggests if one country in a region comes under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow suit.

__________________ is a term often used during the Cold War to describe the political and military barrier, erected by the Soviet Union to separate itself, and its eastern and central European allies from open contact with the noncommunist areas.

__________________is the belief that a nation should own and control everything, not individuals, and a classless society should be promoted.

__________________ refers to an aggressive campaign against alleged communists in the U.S.  by a Senator from 1950–54.

The __________________ was a period when people in the U.S. were worried communists were infiltrating U.S. society and the federal government.

__________________ is an economic system in which people have the freedom to own property and businesses.