Space Race
What two countries was the Space Race between?
US and USSR/Soviet Union
What years did the Korean War take place?
1950-1953
Who was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Cuba, US, USSR/Soviet Union
The Vietnam War was between what countries?
North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the US.
Who was the assassin of JFK?
Lee Harvey Oswald
What was the name of the satellite that the USSR launched first?
Sputnik
Who were the superpowers involved with the Korean War?
US and USSR/Soviet Union and China
Who was the leader of Cuba?
Fidel Castro
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This resolution allowed LBJ to have full military powers to expand the war in Vietnam.
What were the name of the tunnels that the Vietcong used?
The Cu Chi Tunnels
What date did the Moon Landing took place?
July 20, 1969
What organization was the US under the direction of?
United Nations
Who was leader of the USSR?
Khrushchev
This trail that went in between Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, allowed North Vietnam to supply the Vietcong...
Ho Chi Minh
Why did the US have do an airlift in West Berlin?
The Soviet Union had blockaded Berlin and the US had to drop supplies into the citizens of West Berlin and to prevent war.
What were the names of the astronauts that traveled to the moon?
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins
Why did Truman fire MacArthur?
He wanted to drop a nuclear bomb China.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was in response to what event in which the US tried to assassinate the leader of Cuba using Cuban exiles?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
What were hawks and doves?
Hawks- Americans for the Vietnam War
Doves- Americans against the Vietnam War
What was the Marshall Plan?
A US program that provided foreign aid to Europe to rebuild Europe and influence European gov. to be democratic.
What was the name of the Chimpanzee that the US sent up in a satellite? (Hint, its a food item)
Ham
What was the latitudinal line that Korea is split? (_______ parallel)
38th Parallel
Where in the world did the US and the USSR have to remove their missiles to reach an agreement?
Cuba and Turkey
What is Vietnamization?
The process of withdrawing US troops and replacing them with South Vietnamese troops.
What was the Truman Doctrine?
A US foreign policy in which the US pledged to help any nation that had a Communist threat in its borders.