Space Race
What two countries competed against each other in the space race?
The US and the USSR
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The USSR placing nuclear missiles just 90 miles from the US
What was the Berlin Wall?
a physical barrier built by East Germany to separate West Berlin from the rest of East Germany
What was the arms race?
a period of intense competition between the United States and the Soviet Union in the development and deployment of weapons, with a focus on nuclear weapons
What toxic gas was used in the Vietnam war?
Agent Orange
Who actually won the space race?
The US
What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Put the US and Soviet Union on the brink of nuclear war
Approximately how long was the wall?
96 miles (155km)
By what year were there enough bombs built to destroy the world?
1961
How many total soldiers and civilians died in the war?
Over 3.35 million
what was the name of the first crewed lunar landing?
Apollo 11
What year did the Cuban Missile crisis occur?
1962
How many people successfully fled to West Berlin while the wall was in place?
5000
What is mutually assured destruction (MAD)?
The overproduction of nuclear weapons
What other countries assisted the US in the war?
South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Thailand
what was the first official satellite launched by the USSR called?
sputnik
How long was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
13 days
What date did the wall fall?
November 9, 1989
Who won the arms race?
The United States
What dates did the Vietnamese war occur from?
through what dates did the space race occur?
late 1950s to the mid 1970s
What did the US and Soviet Union end up agreeing to?
Soviet Union removed missiles from Cuba and US removed missiles from Turkey
What did the west Germans refer to the wall as?
"The Wall of Shame"
What does ICBM stand for?
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
What is the name of the massacre where the US killed over 500 unarmed vietnamese soldiers?
My Lai Massacre