Arms Race
Around what time is it believed that the Arms Race between the US and the Soviets started?
1945, when the US exploded its first atomic bomb in New Mexico.
Who created communist governments in East Europe after WW2?
Joseph Stalin
What years was the Marshall Plan in action?
1948-52
In what year did Niel Armstrong land in the moon?
1969
What is a proxy war?
A war instigated by a major power which does not get involved itself
What was the term for the agreement between the US and Soviets to put limits on anti-ballistic missile systems used in defending areas against ballistic missile-delivered nuclear weapons?
The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Who was the General of the United Nations during the Korean War?
General Douglass McArthur
Who said that Western culture was a more powerful weapon that actual weapons in the Cold War?
Boyle
What was the name of the first artificial Earth Satellite sent into space and who made it?
Sputnik, Soviets
What sparked the Congo Crisis?
The Congo Crisis began when Belgian Congo became independent
What did the acronym MAD stand for in terms of the Cold War?
Mutually Assured Destruction
Who set up programs in the U.S. that helped veterans, elderly, and poor; desegregated military?
Truman
Why did Shaw believe the West won over the East in the Cold War battle for 'hearts and minds'?
Shaw had financial and communication resources
What was the name of the space shuttle known for blowing up during take off in the year 1986?
The Challenger
Congo Crisis, Korean War, First Indochina War, Cambodian Civil War, Angolan Civil War
What kind of technology was perfected by the Manhattan Project?
Nuclear fission technology/nuclear reactors/power generators/atomic bombs
Who ended American involvement in Vietnam?
Richard Nixon
Who argued that the Soviets were more vulnerable to US propaganda than vice versa?
Cole
Who was the reported winner of the space race?
America, though some debate it.
How is the Korean War a proxy war?
The Soviet Union liberated North Korea while the US liberated South Korea. With the support of China and the Soviet Union, North Korea invaded South Korea.
Name at least one other country who had nuclear bombs during the Cold War
France/Great Britain/China
Which president got credit for ending the Cold War and challenging Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall?
Ronald Reagan
What was the biggest impediment to the early US propaganda campaigns during the Truman/Stalin years?
The Iron Curtain
What was a special/prime feature of the U-2 plane?
It was able to fly at high altitudes
What happened during the First Indochina War?
Vietnam began to fight for independence from the French and the US gave France military aid, Vietnam split into north and south Vietnam.