Cold War
Arms/Space Race
Korea
Vietnam
Random
100
The term for the combination of U.S., French, and British Occupation Zones in East Germany
Trizonia
100
Name one person involved in the Spy Ring around the Manhattan Project that sent info. about the atomic bomb back to the Soviet Union with a series of encrypted messages (later decoded via Venona Project)
Greenglass, Rosenbergs
100
The U.S. response to the MiG 15, creating a situation where two Jet Fighters engaged each other for the first time
Sabre
100
Name of missions in the mid-late 1960's that would result in entire villages being burned down, with high casualty rates (contributed heavily to anti-war sentiment)
Search and Destroy Missions
100
Explain why men and women war journalists were so prominent in Vietnam?
Not actually a war, less restriction
200
The __________ is a political writing written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848 that outlines their theories on politics and economics.
Communist Manifesto
200
The name of the project often referred to as the "Hand Shake' in space?
Apollo-Soyuz
200
Resolution ___ was presented as an ultimatum for North Korea to withdraw back across their border, with the approval of a UN, US Backed coalition force
82
200
The accords Post Indo-China War that split Vietnam at the 17th in 1954
Geneva Accords
200
Name of this plane which was crucial in the Berlin Airlift
c-47 Sky Train
300
The vocabulary word that resulted in a # of young professionals fleeing East Berlin in the 50's, leading to the construction of the Berlin Wall
Brain Drain
300
What prompted the b-59 Soviet sub to nearly unleash a nuclear-tipped torpedo?
dummy Depth-charges
300
Name of the area where Soviets would fly, often dressed in KPA. Northern area, Manchuria, what is the name?
MiG Alley
300
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which occurred after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, gave president ________ broad authority to wield military power in Vietnam
LBJ
300
Whittaker Chambers presented the ______ papers, incriminating Alger Hiss
Pumpkin
400
Who nationalized oil in Iran in '53?
Mohammad Mossadegh
400
Name of strongest nuclear bomb every created by the Ruskies?
Tsar bomba
400
Korea was split at this parallel, with Kim in the North and Rhee in the South
38th
400
The secret documents leaked by Daniel Ellsburg in '71, revealing a history of incompetence and deceit on behalf of the U.S. during the Vietnam War
Pentagon Papers
400
What 3 towns that directly border Reading Mass
Woburn, Stoneham, Wakefield, North Reading, and Wilmington, Lynnfield
500
Senator Joseph McCarthy and his McCarthyism created the ____________, which led to a period of paranoia in the early '50's.
Red Scare
500
The Naval Labs TV3 was a humiliating failure for the U.S. Months later, the explorer reached space, with the use of the Redstone Rocket. This was developed by von Braun, alongside this university
Cal Tech
500
What year was the armistice signed between North and South Korea? (ceasefire, agreement, not a formal treaty)
'53
500
U.S. response to the '72 Easter offensive (took place during the process of removal of troops from Vietnam, involved many b-52 long rang bombers
Linebacker I and II
500
What was the Veleyat-e Faqih?
Khomeini's outline for a true islamic state, written while in exile