Conflicts
This was the first major military conflict between the West and the Communists and is a war that technically has never ended.
What is the Korean War?
This president famously said "...Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This country had the first successful artificial satelite.
Who is the Soviet Union?
This event started the Arms Race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
What is the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
This country was invaded by the Soviet Union in the 1980s. The Soviet Union ended up losing the war against them.
What is Afghanistan?
This was the second major military conflict between the West and the Communists. America found themselves on the losing side of this conflict and over 58,000 soldiers were killed.
What is the Vietnam War?
This man was president at the beginning of the Cold War. He also made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan to end WWII.
Who is Harry Truman?
This administration was created during the "Space Race" by the United States.
What is NASA?
This organization included the United States and 11 other countries. It was created in 1949 after learning that the Soviet Union had created an atomic bomb.
What is NATO?
This symbol of the Cold War was torn down in 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
October 16-28, 1962 were arguably the most dangerous thirteen days of the Cold War. During this time, it looked as though nuclear war would break out. JFK was the president during this time period.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This was the Communist leader at the beginning of the Cold War.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This country, 90 miles of the coast of America, was where the Soviet Union was building nuclear bomb sites.
What is Cuba?
This country has remained Communist even though the Cold War has ended.
What is Vietnam?
What is China?
What is Cuba?
What is North Korea?
These were the decades the Cold War began and ended.
What is the 1940s and 1990s?
These were the two presidents during most of the Vietnam War.
Who are President Johnson and President Nixon?
This space program was launched by the Americans in the 1960s.
What is the Apollo program?
This man was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is JFK?
This man was the last leader of the Soviet Union.
Who is Gorbachev?
In this year, the United States Hockey Team defeated the Soviet Union in the Olympics. An event that is now known as "The Miracle on Ice".
What is 1980?
This man defeated Ivan Drago in a boxing match that took place in the Soviet Union during the 1980's. This match was to avenge the death of his good friend, Apollo Creed, who died during an boxing match with Ivan Drago.
Who is Rocky Balboa?
This country "won" the Space Race.
What is the United States?
This is how long the Cuban Missile Crisis lasted.
What is 13 days?
This was the year that the Soviet Union finally ended.
What is 1991?