Honors World History-Cold War Test

the policy of containment had now spread to the far east

hope that a dictator as powerful and tough would never emerge again

-the soviet response to NATO -throwback to 1914 -military alliance

new Soviet leader after Stalin (1955-56)

-cold war had now moved the the middle east -soviets buddy up with the Arab countries with the intention of destroying Israel

-led to the space race -led to the beefing up of math and science in American schools

-1959 -old fashioned dictator who wanted to be on top -did not try to spread communism -Cuba

-1961 -CIA began to train cuban exiles -exiles attempted to overthrow communist government but were taken down -Cuban people rose up against the exiles

-extremely close to nuclear war -Soviets sent missiles to this country -1962

-no more nuclear tests above ground -1963

-1964 -let Khruschev "retire"

1965-1975 -Lyndon Johnson was president during this time

-1972 -first step toward the limitation of nuclear weapons by U.S. and Soviet Union -Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty

-1979 -Civil War in Afghanistan -small communist party rose up, and the people did not like this -communist party called upon the Soviets for help

-1983 -War Game

-1989 -first vivid image that communism was collapsing

-1991 -Christmas Day -created the Russian Republic

President during Abel Archer. Revived the Cold War

Russian Communist Leader

President that got us into the Korean War and left office during

Chinese communist leader

president when the Berlin Wall fell

President during Suez Crisis and when the Korean War ended

President who committed troops to Vietnam

President during Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs, and Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Mutual Assured Destruction