Vocab
Important Dates
Important People
Korean War
Mystery Mousekatool
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Administration organized by the government during the space race.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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when did the cold war start?
1947
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President elected in 1961
John F. Kennedy
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where was
the war?
the Korean peninsula
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Americas discovery of a missile launch station in Cuba
Cuban missile crisis
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A very powerful and influential nation
(ex. the US and the Soviet Union)superpower
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Korea had been a Japanese colony from what year to what year?
From 1910 to 1945
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American President during the Korean War
President Truman
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When did the War start?
June 25th, 1950
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What was the main reason the Bay of Pigs invasion failed?
America didn't send airforce backup.
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what was the Iran-contra deal/scandal?
It was a political scandal in the U.S. that occurred during the second term of the Reagan administration
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Peace talks begin after the Korean War
July 1941
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the soviet ruler at the beginning of the cold war
(1879-1953)
Joseph Stalin
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When did the Korean War end?
July 27th, 1953
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president at the end of the cold war
Richard Nixon
"We needed a way to keep an eye on the American citizens without them knowing. It was imperative, for their own safety of course. We hired only the best. It took years. We designed, built, tested, failed. We persisted. Eventually, over decades, we had it. A fleet of covert technological surveillance devices unlike anything the world had ever seen. We called them, 'Birds'"
- Richard Nixon (1978)
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what is the North Atlantic treaty organization?
an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries
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When did the cold war end?
1991
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founder of the Chinese communist party
Mao Zedong
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Who was the leading General during the war?
Douglas MacArthur
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what does the F in John F. Kennedy stand for?
Fitzgerald
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What is the Marshall plan?
A program of financial aid, sponsored by the U.S. designed to boost the economies of western European countries after WW2
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how long did the Cuban missile crisis last
Oct 16, 1962 – Oct 28, 1962
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President at end of the cold war
Richard Nixon
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Who ruled North Korea during the Korean War?
Kim Il-sung
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who became the first secretary of the communist party in 1958?
Nikita Sergejevitsj Krutzhev