Space Race
First human-made satellite to orbit Earth.
What is Sputnik?
Reason behind post-WWII patrician of Germany by former allies.
What is the growing distrust between the West and the Soviet Union?
OR
What is the different visions for maintaining peace and security in post war Europe?
American couple convicted and executed for espionage against the United States.
Who were the Rosenbergs?
Definition of proxy war.
What is a war between regional states that may be regarded as a substitute for direct confrontation between the superpowers.
Document signed by Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt asserting "the right of all people to choose the form of government under which they will live."
What is the Yalta Agreement?
True purpose of the Space Race.
What is...
To gain a strategic advantage over the USA or USSR?
or other equivalent response.
US money sent to Europe to rebuild after WWII that was rejected by the Soviet Union.
What is the Marshall Plan?
Your favorite color?
2 proxy wars US fought during the cold war.
What are the Korean War and Vietnam War?
Doctrine promoted by US that called for the perpetual opposition to communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Truman took a hard-line approach to Stalin.
First person in space.
Who was Yuri Gagarin?
This was the source of Soviet hostility/aggression according to US diplomat George Kennan.
What is insecurity?
James Donovan was played by this actor
Who is Tom Hanks?
Soldiers from this country fought alongside North Korean to push South Koreans and UN troops back over the 38th parallel.
What is China?
Strategy used by Eisenhower to slow the spread of communism.
What is "brinkmanship?"
US agency tasked with promoting space technology.
What is NASA?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
After the US, Britain, and France merged their zones in Germany, the Soviets did this
What is blockaded Berlin?
Blacklisted screenwriter who wrote Roman Holiday, The Brave One, Spartacus, and Exodus.
Who was Dalton Trumbo?
Name of the French colony that would become the countries of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
What is Indochina?
Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
Soviet dog sent into space in Sputnik II.
Who was Laika?
This structure divided East and West Germany from 1961 until 1989 both figuratively and literally.
What is the Berlin Wall?
Francis Gary Powers operated this machine during the cold war.
What is the U2 Spy Plane?
US president who sent the first US troops to Vietnam.
Who is President Kennedy?
After fleeing Mao Zedong's communist forces in China, Chiang Kai-shek fled to the island of Formosa and established this present day country.
What is Taiwan?