Hot Wars
When did the Vietnam War take place?
1954-1975
Who built the wall?
the German Democratic Republic (GDR) or East Germany.
What started the space race?
Russia launched Sputnik in 1957
when did the U.S start getting involved in the Vietnam war?
1965
when did they start building the wall?
1961
Who was the first person to orbit the Earth?
Yuri Gagarin
when was the bay of pigs invasion?
1973
What was one name the people called the wall?
Antifaschistischer Schutzwall or antifascist bulwark
How much money did JFK ask for to use in the space race?
$7 billion to a $9 billion
Who invaded Cuba in the Bay of Pigs?
exiles from Cuba?
What was the purpose of the wall?
To keep fascists from entering East Germany.
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth
John Glenn Jr.
What did the U.S. and Russia agree to avoid nuclear war?
Russia would remove their missiles from Cuba if the U.S. promised to keep out of Cuban affairs.
When did the wall fall?
1989
when did we land on the moon and what program helped us to land on the moon?
1969, the Apollo Program