People
Who was President of the USA at the end of WWII? He authorized the dropping of the Atomic bombs on Japan.
Harry S. Truman
Which country did the US gain control of after defeating the Japanese Empire in WWII?
South Korea
Which country did the USSR gain control of after defeating the Japanese Empire in WWII?
North Korea
What was the name of the first launched into space by the USSR?
Sputnik I
What was the name of the secret US program to build an atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?
Joseph Stalin
What do Americans often call the Korean War? It got this name for being relatively unknown.
"The Forgotten War"
What was the name of the barrier that the Soviets build dividing Germany into East and West?
The Berlin Wall
What was the name given to the US missions trying to land on the moon?
Apollo
During WWII, where did the US create the materials needed for an atomic bomb (enriching uranium and turning it into plutonium)?
Hanford, WA
Who was the U.S. General in charge of the Korean campaign during the Korean War?
Douglas MacArthur
How many Americans lost their lives during the Korean War?
About 35,000 - 40,000
1991 (I will also accept 1989)
What is the name of US organization in charge of our space program?
NASA
Name one Japanese city that the US dropped an atomic bomb on.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Who was the first leader of North Korea after WWII?
Kim Il-Sung
Why did General Douglas MacArthur get removed from his position during the Korean War?
He wanted to invade China / drop the Atomic Bomb on China
What does "USSR" stand for? (What is the full name)?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Who was the first person in outer space?
Yuri Gagarin
Which island country did the USSR place nuclear missiles in to threaten the US?
Cuba
Which German-born, Jewish physicist realized that Atomic fission (nuclear bombs) was possible?
Albert Einstein
What is the ideology that the US promoted during the Cold War (it's the belief in private property and free markets)?
Capitalism
What is the ideology that the USSR promoted during the Cold War (it's the belief in state-owned property and controlled markets)?
Communism
Who was the first human to set foot on the moon.
Neil Armstrong
What were the names of the two treaties between the US and USSR to make sure both countries had the same amount of nuclear weapons?
The SALT treaties