Name the first war that developed from the Cold War...
Korean War
100
First satellite in space was called....
Sputnik
100
What should you do in case of a nuclear attack?
"Duck and Cover"
100
What president set up containment with his "doctrine"
Harry Truman (Truman Doctrine)
100
Which President helped turn the Cold War in America's favor?
Ronald Reagan
200
Name the two conflicts that slowly pulled America in because of our policy of containment...
Vietnam and Korean
200
Which country put the first man into space?
USSR
200
This event saw brinkmanship pushed to the limit between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R...probably the closest we came to a nuclear war with the Soviets...and Kennedy helped resolve it
Cuban Missile Crisis
200
This plan gave money and supplies to help rebuild Europe after World War II..
Marshall Plan
200
When did the Cold War end?
1989-1991
300
This is the dividing line between North Korea and South Korea which was set up at the end of the Korean War...
38th parallel or DMZ
300
Which country put the first satellite into space?
USSR
300
Who assassinated JFK?
Lee Harvey Oswald
300
This massive manhunt for Communists infiltrating American society was called what?
McCarthyism
300
Americans sent Cuban exiles to Cuba to ignite a rebellion... This is known as what?
Bay of Pigs
400
What country side with the northern part of Korea? They became Communist is 1949...
China
400
These two men were the first to set foot on the moon.
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
400
These locations were where many Americans would go in case of a nuclear attack...
Fallout Shelters or Bomb Shelters
400
What is the term used to describe the countries in Eastern Europe that fell into Soviet control after World War II?
Iron Curtain
400
What was important about the "Miracle on Ice"?
It gave Americans hope after many negative things had happened in the country...
500
What was the goal of "containment"?
Stop the spread of Communism
500
Which mission first put Americans on the moon?
Apollo 11?
500
What was the Berlin Wall?
separation of East and West Germany (Communism and Democracy)
500
What was the fundamental difference between the Soviet Union and the United States?
USA- Democracy and Capitalism
USSR- Communism
500
Why was it called the Cold War?
There was not an actual fight on a battlefield between the USSR and USA