Cold War Quiz

Josef Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in Yalta, Ukraine to discuss what would happen after the war.

What does Cominform stand for?

The US differed from the the USSR in terms of ideology; the US was [blank_start]capitalist[blank_end] and democratic, while the USSR was a dictatorship and [blank_start]communist[blank_end].

What was the alliance between the USSR and the main communist states in Eastern Europe in 1955 called?

The 'Domino effect' was the belief that if one country in an area fell to communism then the rest would fall too.

During the Cuban Missiile Crisis, Khrushchev agreed a [blank_start]$100[blank_end] million package of economic aid, military equipment and technical advisers to Castro.

Which US President launched Operation Rolling Thunder in 1965?

During the Vietnamese War, what percentage of African-Americans were drafted to fight?

In 1962, the US and USSR agreed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) to reduce the amount of nuclear weapons being produced.

Name the former Soviet Leader.