Cold War
What were the 2 major super powers at the beginning of the Cold War?
What is the United States & Russia?
What was the Arms Race?
What is a competition between the United States and Russia to have the strongest, most powerful military?
What was the Space Race?
What is a competition between the US and USSR for supremacy in space exploration?
When the U.S. become involved in the Vietnam War?
a) 1960's
b) 1970's
c) 1980's
What is a - 1960's?
What was the purpose of the Tet Offensive?
What is to push the United States out of Vietnam?
When did the Cold War begin?
a) Before World War II
b) During World War II
c) After World War II
What is c - After World War II?
How many days did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?
a) 13 days
b) 21 days
c) 64 days
What is a - 13 days?
Which country took the lead in being the first in space?
What is Russia?
The U.S. supported South Vietnam. Who was the president of South Vietnam at that time?
a) Viet Cong
b) Ho Chi Minh
c) Ngo Dinh Diem
What is c - Ngo Dinh Diem?
When did the Vietnam War officially end?
What is 1975?
Why was the Berlin Wall built?
What is because it separated East Germany and West Germany?
What was the Cuban Missile crisis?
What was the Russian had secretly installed destructive nuclear weapons in Cuba?
What was the name of Russia's first satellite that traveled to space?
What is Spudnik?
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which occurred after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, gave which U.S. President broad authority to use military force in Vietnam?
a) John F. Kennedy
b) Lyndon B. Johnson
c) Richard Nixon
What is b - Lyndon B. Johnson?
What was the Domino Theory?
What is the idea that communism would spread from one country to another?
How did "The Cold War" get its name?
What is because there were no weapons used?
During the Arms Race, what did M.A.D. stand for?
a) Mass Atomic Destruction
b) Mutually Assured Destruction
c) Magnifying Assault Destruction
What is b - Mutually Assured Destruction?
What country was the first to have a man land on the moon?
What is the United States?
Who were the Viet Cong?
What are brutal, armed fighters that used guerilla tactics?
What was the outcome of the Paris Peace Accords?
What is the U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam?
Who was the Senator that created the "Red Scare" and caused paranoia against Communism in the early 1950's?
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
Who was the U.S. President and the Russian leader who prevented World War III?
a) Truman and Stalin
b) Roosevelt and Gorbachev
c) Kennedy and Khrushchev
What is c - Kennedy and Khrushchev?
What was name of the first U.S. space ship to land on the moon?
What is the Apollo 11?
What was the name of the policy that President Richard Nixon implemented to remove U.S. troops from Vietnam?
What is Vietnamization?
Why did the U.S. become involved in the Vietnam War?
What is they U.S. did not want Communism to spread?