Cuba
The United States saw the Cold War at its door step; this event is identified as...
What is the Cuban Missile Crissis?
The United States supported France in an Indochina battle against French colony of...
What is Viet Nam?
After World War II this nation, ________ was divided into two nations, __________ and ____________.
What is Korea and are North Korea and South Korea?
Stalin had agreed to allow free elections in those countries, but he broke his promise.
What is Eastern Europe?
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower won the 1956 Presidential election on a campaign promise of...
What is peace, progress, and prosperity? (the 3 P s)
The Soviets moved to place missiles near America due to the US strategically locating her atomic missiles in ...
What is Turkey?
This victorious leader was successful in defending his Indochina country from western imperialism and colonialism.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
The line of demarcation that grew out of the Korean War is known as...
What is the 38th parallel?
Winston Churchill described the Soviet influence as...
What is the Iron Curtian?
By the 1960s households owned at least one...
What is a Television, or TV set?
Tension arose between the US and Cuba when their leadership agonized over the Soviet's decision to place troops and arms in Cuba, name the leaders of these two countries...
Who are John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Fidel Castro?
In 1954 Ho Chi Minh's forces were successful in fighting off the colonial powers and set up what nation?
What is North Viet Nam?
This communist nation supported northern Koreans during their transition to communism...
What is The Peoples Republic of China (Communist China)?
President Harry Truman set a policy to curtail Soviet influence and stop the spread of communism...
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Those left behind, as flight to the suburbs resulted in an increase in growth, yet also contributed to urban areas deterioration leaving what catigory of the population...
Who are poorer and less educated?
The United States saw definitive proof of the Soviet actions in Cuba by utilizing the...
What is the U2 Spy-Plane?
The American domestic peace was destabilized by the citizens protest rejection of a south east Asia war/conflict during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
What is the Viet Nam War?
The end of the Korean War resulted in a...
What is a stalemate?
One of the two organizations formed after World War II that focused to maintain peace and to settle disputes...
What is the United Nations?
Young people enjoyed an new type of music...
What is Rock-and-roll?
Thirteen days of hell stared Americans in the face as US cities faced possible annihilation by Soviet ballistic missiles because America is appoximately _______ miles from Cuba.
What is the distance between America and Cuba?about 90 miles
Under US President John F. Kennendy, many US troops were sent into South Viet Nam to fight Communist Forces allies and supported by which two opposing countries?
What are the Soviet Union and China?
In July of 1953 both sides in the Korean conflict agreed to a cease-fire and a buffer that neither side controlled...
What is the demilitarized zone?
One of the two organizations formed after World War II with its focus on providing military support through a military alliance...
What is NATO?
The rise in production and an increase in income resulted in an increase in the ...
What is the standard of living?