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Cold War Review Two

Cold War Review Two. Germany. East ___________ - especially East ________ (city) became the focus of the Cold War. Berlin.

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Cold War Review Two

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  1. Cold WarReview Two

  2. Germany East ___________ - especially East ________ (city) became the focus of the Cold War Berlin

  3. What was it called when the Soviets attempted to get control of West Berlin by cutting off supplies to the city. The U.S. flew in supplies by air for nearly a year until the Soviets backed down Berlin Airlift

  4. Cold War heated up in the early 60’s What part of Latin America became communist ___________ Cuba What event in Latin America almost led to World War III? Cuban missile crisis

  5. U.S. backed _____________until he turned communist. Then the CIA worked to overthrow him Fidel Castro

  6. operates OUTSIDE of the U.S. U.S. spy agency - to spy and operate against foreign spies outside the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency . operates mainly inside the U.S. (anti-spy agency to catch foreign spies here) Federal Bureau of Investigation

  7. Where U.S. backed Cuba rebels landed in Cuba but were massacred by Castro’s troops (very embarrassing to the CIA and President Kennedy) Bay of Pigs

  8. When Kennedy blockaded Cuba Cuban Missile Crisis

  9. U.S. spy planes flying over Cuba detected Soviet _____________(major threat to U.S. security) missiles President Kennedy ordered warships to ____________Cuba U.S. and Soviet ships faced off blockade Very close to war but at the last minute the Soviets backed down and removed the missiles

  10. U.S. concerned about ________________ in Latin Americaspreading from Cuba communism __.__.__. operated in Latin America giving money, weapons and support countries fighting against communism C I A

  11. U.S. fought an unsuccessful war in ________________ to stop the spread of communism Vietnam A large part of the American population _______________ the war in Vietnam (also called ________ __________ Asia) Opposed (protested) Southeast

  12. ____________: sent money and weapons to help France fight the communists Eisenhower . Kennedy President ____________ sent weapons and advisors to South Vietnam to help them fight the communists L Johnson __. ____________ sent in U.S. troops to Vietnam in increasingly greater numbers Nixon ___________ vowed to decrease military numbers, but bombed North Vietnam to try to get them to end the war

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