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What was the name of the massacre inflicted on Vietnamese villagers by US troops called?
What is the name of this Cold War doctrine that states full on nuclear attacks would wipe out the attacker and defender?
Who became president of the United States after Jimmy Carter and helped to really end the Cold War?
What was the law created to limit the power of the president in declaring war as a reaction to the Vietnam War; president have to give 48 hours notice before sending troops
What was the name of the US aerial bombing campaign where many US troops were deployed to Vietnam to try and stop the advances of the North Vietnamese?
What was the name of the herbicide used in the Vietnam War to kill off jungle plants but also caused long lasting damage?
What was the name of the committee that questioned actors, directors or anyone suspected of being communist in the US?
Who was the person who led a revolution that set up a communist state in Cuba?
What was the name of the doctrine where the United States sent aid to Greece and Turkey to fight communism?
What Ohio university was the site of protests against the Vietnam War where students were killed by the National Guard?
What is this belief called where if one region becomes communist then communism would spread to nearby regions?
What event happened (and failed) when Kennedy sent Cuban exiles into Cuba to try and overthrow Castro?
What was the congressional plan to spend billions of dollars of money to help rebuild Europe and reduce the threat of communist revolutions in Western Europe called?
What is the policy in the USSR called of speaking openly about problems?
Who was the USSR leader who gained power after Stalin's death?
What did the USSR develop in 1949 after stealing its secrets from the US?
What was the name of the structure built by the East German government in 1961 to seal off the eastern part from the western part?
Who was the Soviet leader who tried to reform the Soviet system to keep it alive because of economic and social problems?
What was the name of the Vietnamese guerillas who opposed the South Vietnamese government?
Who were the couple that was sentenced to death because they passed atomic bomb secrets to the USSR?