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What would give military, economic and social support to countries trying to resist communism?
Truman Doctrine
The Korean War started in 1950 when the North invaded the South but when was the cease-fire signed?
1953
What year did the Berlin Wall start to be built?
1961
What did the Soviets invade in 1979?
Afghanistan
What year did the Berlin Wall come down?
1989
What was the time called when the Soviets cut off access to West Berlin?
Berlin Blockade (or Berlin Airlift)
At the end of the war along what parallel was the border drawn?
38th
Who took over Cuba in 1962? (full name)
Fidel Castro
What parallel had Vietnam been divided along that created a North and a South that went to war with each other much like Korea?
17th
What country invaded Kuwait in 1990?
Iraq
What military organization was created in 1949? (full name)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
When did Egypt "nationalize" the Suez Canal starting the "Suez Crisis"?
1956
What was the name of the secret CIA backed mission to have Cuban exiles return to Cuba to re-take the island?
Bay of Pigs
The Vietnam War finally ended in what year?
1975
What month/day/year did the Berlin Wall come down?
Nov. 11, 1989.
When did Mao establish communist China? (m/d/y)
Oct 1, 1949.
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize because of their fixing of the Suez Crisis? (full name)
Lester Pearson
What does MAD stand for?
mutually assured destruction
Because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan what did the USA do in 1980?
boycott the Moscow Olympics
Who was the leader of Iraq? (full name)
Saddam Hussein
Who ran to Taiwan and set up "Nationalist" China? (full name)
Chiang-Kai-Shek
The Avro Arrow was way ahead of its time but it's maiden flight was not on a great day, it was...(m/d/y)
Oct 4, 1957.
What event of 1964 was a key factor in the Vietnam War?
Gulf of Tonkin incident
What was Reagan's "Star Wars" program actually called?
Strategic Defense Initiative (or SDI)
The Persian Gulf War of 1990 was also known by the military as...
Operation Desert Storm