What leader took over Cuba during the Cuban Revolution?
Fidel Castro
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Where was Vietnam divided before the Vietnam War?
17th Parallel
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What was the economic recovery plan that helped to rebuild Europe after WWII?
Marshall Plan
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What animal kills the most number of people per year?
Mosquito
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Who attempted to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs?
Cuban Exiles
Daily Double!!!
Why did they try to invade Cuba?
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What was the name of the document that allowed President Johnson to send troops to Vietnam?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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What is brinkmanship?
The policy during Eisenhower's administration that the US would go to the brink of nuclear war to stop communism from spreading
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Who is the fastest man on Earth?
Usain Bolt
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What was the end result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The USSR withdrew nuclear weapons from the island
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What is the domino theory and how did it apply to Vietnam?
The US was afraid that if Vietnam fell to communism, then the neighboring countries would also fall to communism and spread Soviet influence further
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What were the names of the Eastern Bloc and Western Block treaty organizations that were at odds during the Cold War?
Warsaw Pact and NATO
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Who performed at the Super Bowl in 2013?
Beyonce
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Who were the US President and who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev
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What was the Tet Offensive and what impact did it have on the US?
The Tet Offensive was a big attack by the North Vietnamese where they gained big territory. It increased opposition to the war in the US.
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Describe the DMZ
Demilitarized Zone: area along boarder of North and South Korea that is free of any weapons
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How many Olympic medals does Michael Phelps have?
28
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What is the difference between the embargo and naval blockade that the US enforced on Cuba?
The embargo was a stop of trade with the US while the naval blockade was a military block of any ships getting to Cuba.
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Describe the My Lai Massacre.
What made it so controversial and widely circulated in the US?
American troops brutally murdered an entire village because they believed that the village was helping enemies. Television and pictures in the US made it very well known and a big problem because Americans never thought their military would do such a thing.
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What was the Berlin Wall? What did it divide? How did it symbolize the Cold War?
It was a wall that was built by the USSR to divide East and West Berlin. It remained standing throughout the Cold War and symbolized the tension between the Eastern and Western Blocs.