Space Race
United States and the Soviet Union
What two countries were in the space race?
If one nation falls, their neighbors will fall too
What is the domino theory?
13 days
How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?
15 million died of starvation and peasants hatred for the system drove food production down
What was the Great Leap Forward?
Separate East Germany and West Germany
Why was the Berlin Wall built?
The first man on the moon
Who was Neil Armstrong
ideological and political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union
Why did the Cold War start
1,500 Cuban exiles
who made up the Bay of Pigs invasio?
The Manhattan project
What was the U.S. program that created the first nuclear weapons?
built by the Soviet Union
Who built the Berlin Wall?
The United States in the space race
Who won the space race?
Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, and free elections
How did the Cold War end?
The Cuban missile crisis
What was the closest the world has been to a nuclear war?
Ideas, culture, customs, and habits
What are the “4 olds”?
November 9th, 1989
When was the wall torn down?
first country to make a man made satellite
What is the Soviet Union
March 12th, 1947
When did the Cold War start?
90 miles
How far away is Florida from Cuba?
The U.S. president at the end of WWII
Who was Harry S. Truman
Over 600
How many people died trying to cross the Berlin Wall?
The first man in space
Who was Yuri Gagarin?
December 26th, 1991
When did the Cold War end?
The attempt made by Cuban exiles who were supported by the U.S.
What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
the only war the U.S. officially lost
What is the Vietnam War?
The year the Berlin Wall came down
What is 1989