Other Countries
What portion of Korea was Communist?
The North
What bomb uses the fusing of Atoms?
Hydrogen Bomb
What did the U.S create to combat the Soviet Satellite?
NASA
Who was the President of the United States during the 50s?
Eisenhower or Truman
Name of bombing of retreating Iraqi forces?
Highway of Death
In 1960, Belgium gave up control of what country?
Congo
What is the term for a struggle between nations to gain an advantage in weapons?
Arms Race
To Prevent people from leaving East Berlin. What was constructed?
The Berlin Wall
Between 1946 to 1964 we have what generation?
Baby Boomers
Massacre where thousands of Chinese protestors are killed?
Tiananmen Square Massacre
The Truman Doctrine, led to Congress to send 400 million to what 2 countries?
Turkey and Greece
In October 1957 Soviet Union launched history’s first artificial satellite called?
Sputnik
Attempted invasion of Cuba, to overthrow Fidel Castro?
Bay of Pigs
What housing took off in the 50s?
The Suburbs
Leader of South Africa against Apartheid?
Nelson Mandela
What country was broken apart after the dissolution of the USSR?
Yugoslavia
What is the term for the development of or maintenance of military power to deter, or prevent, an attack?
Deterrence
Richard Nixon had weapons limitations meetings with the USSR. They were called?
Strategic Arms Limitations Talks, or SALT I
Out of the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. Which decade had the worst economy?
70s
Name of War between the U.S and Iraq?
Persian Gulf War
List 4 Countries that were part of the USSR's buffer zone?
Poland, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Yugoslavia
What would be the correct name of the USSR economy?
Command Economy
Leader of USSR who helped free the nation?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Bill that allowed millions of American Veterans attend college?
GI Bill
The United States and allies invaded Iraq because?
Saddam Hussein invaded its neighboring country Kuwait.