| Question | Answer |
| 1. What was the United States Cold War strategy to stop the spread of Communism? | Containment policy
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2. United States program of economic aid to European countries to help these countries rebuild after World War II. Also helped prevent the spread of Communism. | Marshall Plan
| 3. The Soviet Union launched this satellite which started the Space Race? | Sputnik
| 4. The United States lost this war and was a very unpopular war when the draft was used? | Vietnam War
| 5. Who was the American who was first to walk on the moon? | Neil Armstrong
| 6. Who was the British Prime Minister who made the famous Iron Curtain Speech? | Winston Churchill
| 7. What treaty did the Soviet Union sign during the Cold War which aligned 7 other different countries? | Warsaw Pact
| 8. What became the symbol of the Cold War starting in 1961? | Berlin Wall
| 9. Name the event where the Soviet Union shot down an American spy plane in Soviet air space. This event raised the tensions between the two superpowers and almost caused World War II. | U-2 incident
| 10. Name the missile defense system that President Reagan came up with during the 1990s. | Star Wars
| 11. Name the United States organization formed during the Cold War to provide security against the Soviet Union? | NATO
| 12. Name the conference which was Truman's first Big 3 conference and was the last of the World War II meetings that help negotiate Japan's surrender. | Potsdam Conference
| 13. Name the policy where the United States would give aid to countries that didn't support Communism. This continued the tension between the United States and Soviet Union. | Truman Doctrine
| 14. What did the Soviet Union do in 1949 that shocked the United States? The U.S. citizens started to question their safety after this event. | Exploding the first atomic bomb
| 15. What event is where the United States tried to take out Fidel Castro but was a complete failure. This event could have caused World War III. | Bay of Pigs Invasion
| 16. What was the name of the first "hot war" during the Cold War? | Korean War
| 17. Who was the individual who took over Cuba in 1959 and became allies with the Soviet Union? | Fidel Castro
| 18. What was the first major crisis of the Cold War? | Berlin Blockade
| 19. The Yalta Conference was a meeting between the Big Three to see what should happen to Germany after World War II. What were the three countries associated with the Big Three? | United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union
| 20. What major event during the Cold War describes when the United States spy plane found Soviet Missiles in Cuba? These 13 days were the closest the United States has ever been to World War III. | Cuban Missile Crisis
| 21. Name the event during the Cold War where 60 Americans were held hostage for 444 days? | Iranian Hostage Crisis
| 22. Name the negotiations between the United States and Soviet Union where both countries agreed in 1969 to limit their weapons of destruction. | SALT I |
