Superpowers Face Off
This international organization was created to protect member nations against aggression.
What is: The United Nations?
This parallel line divided Korea at the end of WWII, with the S.U. in the north & the U.S. in the south.
What is the: 38th Parallel?
This young lawyer came to power in Cuba in 1959 after overthrowing an unpopular dictator.
Who is: Fidel Castro?
This Soviet satellite, launched in 1957, shocked America and made it fear it was falling behind in technology.
What is: Sputnik 1?
This Soviet woman became the first woman in space in 1963.
This military alliance was formed in 1949 and promised that if one member was attacked, all would fight back.
What is: NATO?
This leader of North Vietnam fought against France & later against the U.S.
Who is: Ho Chi Minh?
This failed 1961 U.S. invasion of Cuba was humiliating because air support was not used.
What is: the Bay of Pigs?
This Soviet cosmonaut became the first human in space in 1961 aboard the Vostok 1.
Who is: Yuri Gagarin?
This Iranian leader was forced to flee Iran in 1979 due to backlash over Western materialism & U.S. influence.
Who is: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi?
At this 1945 conference, Churchill, FDR, and Stalin met to plan for peace while WWII was still ongoing.
What is: The Yalta Conference?
In 1963, this South Vietnamese leader was assassinated by Vietcong generals.
Who is: Ngo Dinh Diem?
In the 1960s, Castro took over U.S. sugar mills in Cuba, so President Eisenhower responded by doing this.
What is: stopping all trading with Cuba?
In 1961, President Kennedy set this ambitious national goal to inspire unity and prove U.S. technological leadership.
What:
- Landing a human on the moon and returning home safely?
This Soviet cosmonaut completed the first spacewalk, spending 12 minutes outside his spacecraft in 1965.
Who is: Alexei Leonov?
This U.S. foreign policy aimed to stop Soviet and Communist influence around the world.
What is: containment?
This guerrilla warfare force fought for communism in South Vietnam & grew stronger in opposition to the government increased.
What is: the Vietcong?
This Soviet leader agreed to remove missiles from Cuba after the U.S. promised not to invade the island.
Who is: Nikita Khrushchev?
These three astronauts walked on the Moon's surface AND piloted the command module during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
Who are:
- Neil Armstrong
- Buzz Aldrin
- Michael Collins
This religious leader took control of Iran after the shah fled & encouraged other Muslim leaders to spread Islamic influence.
Who is: Ruhollah Khomeini?
This 1947 program provided $12.8 billion to help rebuild European countries.
What is: The Marshall Plan?
By this year, the U.S. had 500,000 soldiers in combat in Vietnam, but President Nixon began withdrawing troops in 1969, with the last leaving in 1973.
What is: 1968?
In October 1962, this president declared threats & demanded the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is: John F. Kennedy?
In the 80s, the Iran & Iraq war broke out, with weapons / tactics used, such as these: ( need 4 )
- Artillery
- trench warfare
- Chemical weapons
- tanks