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| A civil war in ___ in 1946 contributed to tensions between Soviet Union and Great Britain. |
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| the Marshall plan was designed to.. |
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| restore the economic stability of European nations after WW2 |
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| U.S. fears about spread of communism were increased when __ became a communist nation in 1949. |
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| Which of the following nations was NOT an original member NATO? |
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| Which of the following was a member of the Warsaw pact? |
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| When the soviet union launched Sputnik I satellite in 1957, many americans feared that... |
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| the soviet union was ahead of the US in production of missiles. |
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| "the bay of pigs" refers to |
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| a US attempt to overthrow the cuban government. |
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| Communist leader __ initiated the "prague Spring" with a series of reforms in Czech. in 1968. |
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| The Us senator responsible for the anti-communist movement know as the Red scare was... |
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| in 1970, four students at ___ were killed by Ohio National Fraud during an anti-war demonstration. |
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| The Truman Doctrine stated that the US would provide __ to nations threatened by communism. |
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| The council for Mutual Economic Assistance, founded in 1949 was... |
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| the soviet union's response to the Marshall plan. |
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| Which of the following nations joined the NATO alliance several years after it was founded? |
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| The Berlin wall was built in order to.. |
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| prevent East Germans from defecting to West Germany. |
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| Which communist nation remained independent under soviet control? |
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| Which nation experienced an economic miracle after WW2? |
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| French President Charles de Gaulle attempted to return France to the status of world power by.. |
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| investing in heavily nuclear weapons |
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| Which Nation declined economically after WW2? |
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| Which US president signed into law the civil Rights act? |
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| The polish National trade union solidarity was founded by.. |
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| Voters in __ chose not to secede from the Canadian union in 1995. |
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| The policy that the soviet union had right to intervene if communism was threatened in another communist nation was known as the... |
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| The Russian perestroika, used to describe the reform movement led by Mikhail Gorbachev. |
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| Russian President Vladimir Putin used military force to supress a rebellion in the state of.. |
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| US president __ was forced to resign to avoid impeachment for his involvement in the Watergate scandal. |
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| US president Jimmy Carter faced a serious international crisis when 53 Americans were held hostage in |
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| author of A DAY IN THE LIKE OF IVAN DENISOVICH |
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| US PRESIDENT INVOLVED IN THE cuban missle crisis? |
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| Soviet leader of cuba during the cuban missles crisis? |
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| first president of France's fifth republic. |
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| US president who resumed relations with China? |
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| US president who, begginning in 1964 increased the number of troops in vietnam? |
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| Soveit leader who built the Berlin Wall |
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| west german leader repsonsible for the economic miracle |
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| Us diplomat who argued for a policy of containment in response to communist expansion. |
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| Capital of federal republic of germany? |
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| allaince designed to prevent Soviet expansion in southeats asia? |
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| communist leader who declared hungary a free nation |
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| communist leader who tried to make poland less dependant on the Soviet Union? |
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| Communist leader of Yugo. after WW2? |
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| alliance designed to prevent soviet expansion to the south |
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| leader who set out to create modern biritsh welfare state? |
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