Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs
Tet Offensive
Nuclear Race
Creation of the Berlin Wall
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How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?
13 days.
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Who was the leader of Cuba during the Bay of Pigs?
Fidel Castro
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What year did the US leave the war?
1975
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Who created the first Nuclear Weapon?
The United States.
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How long is the Berlin Wall?
87 miles
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What type of the United States spy plane was shot down?
U-2 spy plane.
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What United States government agency helped to train the Cuban exiles who were involved in the invasion?
The CIA
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Why was the Tet so important to the Vietnamese?
It was the most important holiday on the Vietnamese calendar, celebrating the lunar new year.
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What two superpowers were involved in the Nuclear Race?
Soviet Union and the United States.
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How long did the Berlin Wall stand?
28 years
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What country were US missiles located?
Turkey.
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Where were the training camps set up?
Guatemala
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What groups were fighting the US?
Viet Cong and North Vietnam.
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What major event took place because of the Nuclear Race?
The Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Why was the Berlin Wall built?
To contain the people on the communist side of the wall, and separate them from capitalism.
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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Krushchev.
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What did the Soviet Union do in response to the failed mission?
Set up their missiles in Cuba
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Most of the battles occurred in...
Urban areas in the South.
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True or False: The Soviet Union knew all about the Manhattan project even though it was top secret?
True.
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What countries controlled the Western Side of the wall?
England and France
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What was the final compromise? (3 parts)
-Remove missiles from Cuba -Remove missiles from Turkey -Kennedy promised not to invade.
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What did the Kennedy Administration do to try and make up for their failed mission?
Operation Mongoose
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The Tet Offensive marked a turning point in the war because...
It shifted the public against of the war, leading to the withdrawal of the United States from South Vietnam.
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What type of weapon was designed by the Manhattan Project?
Atomic bomb.
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What does the Berlin Wall symbolize?
The wall symbolizes the repression of human rights by the eastern bloc during the Cold War.
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