People
Events
Bombs of Mass Destruction
Policies against Communism:
Space Race
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This man was Harry Truman’s Secretary of State who developed the Marshall Plan in an effort to contain communism.
Who was George C. Marshall?
100
The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
What happens on August 6th 1945?
100
Where were the first nukes dropped?
In Japan, specifically Hiroshima and Nagasaki
100
Who is a senate and famous for going against the Soviet Union?
Eisenhower
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What country landed a man on the moon first?
America
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Who was Harry S. Truman?
He was the SUCCESSOR who replaced FDR in 1944. He led the USA through the early phases of the COLD WAR.
200
Russia declares war on Japan
What happens on August 8th 1945?
200
Why was the phrase “Duck-and-cover” made?
It was to teach the people of America how to protect them self when a nuclear bomb is dropped
200
How is the Eisenhower Doctrine and the Truman Doctrine similar?
They both give goods and money to countries to prevent the spread of Communism.
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What is the first artificial satellite to orbit earth?
Sputnik 1
300
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This man became President after Harry Truman and led the USA Through the 1950’s and the Korean War.
300
The United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
What happens on August 9th 1945?
300
What did the Americans believe happened when the Soviet Union made an atomic bomb?
They believed that there were American Communist spies that gave the Soviets the secrets to creating a nuclear bomb
300
How is the Eisenhower Doctrine and the Truman Doctrine different?
Truman Doctrine targeted mostly allies and countries bordering the Communist, while the Eisenhower Doctrine was to countries in the middle east and countries that wanted aid.
300
Which super power sent the first man into space?
The Soviet Union launched Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, to space.
400
Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the United States. At first, Nixon made the U.S. more involved in the Vietnam war. Then in 1973, he stopped all American involvement.
Who was Richard Nixon?
400
Korean War ends
What happens on July 1945?
400
The B-29 American aircraft found traces of radiation while flying over Alaska. The fallout was tested to be from the explosion of a nuclear bomb and thus Soviets must have nuclear technology.
How did we know that the Soviets have a nuclear technology?
400
What was established before it was repurposed to fight against the Soviet Union?
The CIA
400
How did America react to Soviet Union’s success of sputnik 1? What was created as a result?
America feared they were falling behind in missile technology and created NASA to coordinate missile and space research.
500
Dwight Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. He served as the first Supreme Commander of NATO. His administration provided major aid. actions would lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Who was Dwight Eisenhower’s?
500
Korean War begins. Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons
What happens on June 24 1950?
500
Summarize the controversy of developing nuclear weapons and what pact it lead to.
People worried that these weapons of mass destruction could destroy much of all human population. America and the USSR, the two countries that had nuclear weapons, even made a pact called MAD, mutually assured destruction, which said basically said, “If you attack me, I’ll destroy you”.
500
What are the similarities and differences of the Iran and Guatemala incidents?
In both incidents, a person of power threatens America and sides with Communism was taken down. The prime minister of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh, was against the Shah, whom were pro-american, and willing to make oil deals with the Soviet Union. The president of Guatemala, Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, threatened to take American owned land and was for Communism.
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Why did the space war start?
The Soviet Union and USA were trying to make long range nuclear weapons by launching missiles into orbit.
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