After WWII
After World war II which country was divided into zones occupied by the Allies?
What is Germany
The Korean War started after which country invaded South Korea
Who is North Korea
Stalin blockade Berlin so supplies were dropped in by plane for a year
What is "Berlin Aircraft"
The candidate who ran against Kennedy for president
Who is Richard Nixon?
What terrorist leader was held to be responsible for the 9/11/2001 attacks on the United States?
Osama Bin Laden
This Country was the closes communist country to the US and created many problems
What is Cuba
Which half of Berlin was Communist?
What is East Berlin
300
What two countries emerged as superpowers following World War II?
United States and the Soviet Union (Russia)
Who Imperialism on Korea?
Japan
This means to be on the "edge" or really close to a nuclear war
What is Brinkmanship
This was the closest the world came to a nuclear war during the Cold War
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
What exact date did the planes hit the towers.
11 of september 2001
He was the president during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
1st satellite in space (USSR)- US began NASA to catch up
What is "Sputnik
The name of the plan to offer Europe financial aid to recover after World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan?
How did the Korean War end?
As a stalemate and the country remained divided
The term used to describe the divide between the communist and democratic worlds
What is the Iron Curtain
This barrier separated a city in Germany for over 40 years before being torn down in 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
How many planes crashed into buildings that day?
3
These were attacks on people who were suspected of being communists in the early 1950s.
(SECOND RED SCARE)
What is McCarthyism?
Took over China and made it Communist in 1949
What is "Mao Tse-Tung
The name of the former Allied power that occupied much of Eastern Europe after World War II.
What is the Soviet Union?
What Communist Country is Korea connected to?
China
This is when competing countries build up their armies and weapons.
?
What is an arms race
to end the crisis the U.S. agreed to move their missiles out of ______________
What is Turkey
Where were the Twin Towers
in New York
This leader wanted to place missiles in Cuba.
Who is Khrushchev?
This country was seen as the leader of the Communist movement.
What is the Soviet Union?
The name of the US President that made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan.
Who is Harry Truman
What is North and South Korean divided by today?
The 38th parallel.
Who was president after him?
Kennedy.
The date and place Kennedy was assassinated.
What is Nov. 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.
Name one countries that the U.S invaded after 9/11
Afghanistan, Iraq
The leader of Cuba
Who is Fidel Castro
This led to an era of confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted for nearly 36 years.
What is the Cold War?
Explain the domino theory
The idea that if one country falls to communism, many countries will fall to communism
When did South Korea become an independent country? (war was over)
1953
Executed for being Communist spies
What is "Rosenburgs"
Who was the supposed lone sniper in the kennedy assassination and where was his snipers nest located?
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald and his snipers nest was on the 6th floor of the book depository
Who was the president of the U.S. at the time of the attacks
George W Busch
Who did the U.S. send into Cuba to start a civil war?
What is Cuban exiles
Today, who is Kim Jung-un
Leader of North Korea
Which Egyptian leader promoted pan-Arabism and ruled during the Suez Crisis?
Gamal Abdel Nasser
South Vietnam was led by this non-communist leader who asked the United States for help in defeating the Communist-run North Vietnam.
Who is Ngo Dihn Diem
Formed to spy on foreign governments and gather information
What is the Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.)
What was the main focus on Kennedys Election? (Like the "New Deal" or "Great Society", "Make America Great Again'
"The New Frontier"
What building did the third plane crash into?
What is the pentagon.
this Asian nation entered the Korean War on the side of the North after United Nations troops pushed close to its border
What is China
Who was the head of Russia during World War II and the Korean War
Joseph Stalin