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cuban missile crisis
Berlin wall
space race
Korean war
vietnam war
100
1959
When did Cuba become a communist nation?
100
The Berlin Wall
What structure divided the city of Berlin during the Cold War?
100
Yuri Gargarin
Who was the first human astronaut in space?
100
South Korea
Who sided with the US?
100
South Korea
Which country sided with the US in the Korean War?
200
US plan to overthrow Castro
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
200
Armed soldiers, little food, no jobs
What made life in East Germany extremely hard?
200
Edwin Aldrin
Who is "Buzz"?
200
What is the demilitarized zone?
Buffer zone between North and South Korea
200
Spreading communism
What was the aim of North Korea?
300
Nuclear weapons
What did Castro threaten the US with?
300
Freedom
Why did people want to escape from East Berlin and East Germany?
300
John Glenn orbit the earth how many times
3 times
300
Approximately 50,000
How many US troops died in the Korean War?
300
About 350,000
How many casualties did the US hav in the Vietnam War?
400
Krueschev
With whom did Kennedy negotiate the Cuban Missle Crisis?
400
November 1989
When did the Berlin Wall fall?
400
1958
When NASA was created?
400
Over 2 million
How many civilians died in the Korean War?
400
1975
What year was the Vietnam War officially over?