| A | B |
| CONTAINMENT | STOP SPREADING COMMUNISM |
| NATO | US DEFENST TREATY |
| MARSHALL PLAN | REBUILD EUROPE |
| WARSAW PACT | SOVIET DEFENSE TREATY |
| TRUMAN DOCTRINE | CONTAINMENT |
| MAO ZEDONG | COMMUNIST LEADER OF CHINA |
| MASSIVE RETALIATION | EISENHOWER |
| NIXON | FIRST PRESIDENT TO VISIT RED CHINA |
| 38TH PARALLEL | WHERE KOREA IS DIVIDED |
| STALEMATE/CEASE FIRE | HOW THE KOREAN WAR ENDED |
| FIDEL CASTRO | COMMUNIST LEADER OF CUBA |
| BAY OF PIGS | WHERE US FAILED TO INVADE CUBA |
| CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS | THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR |
| KENNEDY | PRESIDENT DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS |
| LYNDON JOHNSON | PRESIDENT ESCALATING THE VIETNAM WAR |
| HO CHI MINH | COMMUNIST LEADER OF NORTH VIETNAM |
| 17TH PARALLEL | WHERE VIETNAM WAS DIVIDED |
| VIETCONG | COMMUNIST GUERILLAS IN SOUTH VIETNAM |
| NIXON | CAME UP WITH VIETNAMIZATION |
| GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION | GAVE US RIGHT TO EXPAND THE VIETNAM WAR |
| HAWKS | PRO-WAR |
| DOVES | ANT-WAR |
| KENT STATE | SITE OF COLLEGE ANTI-WAR SHOOTINGS |
| TET | VIETCONG OFFENSIVE |
| DUCK AND COVER | CARTOON |
| ROSENBERGS | EXECUTED FOR SELLING A BOMB SECRETS |
| MACCARTHY | FALSELY ACCUSED PEOPLE OF COMMUNIST BELIEFS |
| PENTAGON | SITE OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT |
| HAMPTON ROADS | SITE OF US NAVY BASES |
| GORBACHEV | LAST COMMUNIST LEADER OF THE SOVIET UNION |
| PERESTROIKA | ALLOWING SOME CAPITALISM |
| GLASNOST | POLITICAL OPENNESS |
| BORIS YELTSIN | FIRST ELECTED PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA |