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Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs
Tet Offensive
Nuclear Race
Creation of the Berlin Wall
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How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?
What is 13 days.
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Who was the leader of Cuba during the Bay of Pigs?
Who is Fidel Castro
100
What year did the US leave the war?
What is 1975?
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Who created the first Nuclear Weapon?
What is the United States.
100
How long is the Berlin Wall?
What is 87 miles
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What type of the United States spy plane was shot down?
What is U-2 spy plane.
200
What United States government agency helped to train the Cuban exiles who were involved in the invasion?
What is the CIA
200
Why was the Tet so important to the Vietnamese?
It was the most important holiday on the Vietnamese calendar, celebrating the lunar new year.
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What two superpowers were involved in the Nuclear Race?
What is Soviet Union and the United States.
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How long did the Berlin Wall stand?
What is 28 years
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What country were US missiles located?
What is Turkey.
300
Where were the training camps set up?
What is Guatemala
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What groups were fighting the US?
What is Viet Cong and North Vietnam.
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What major event took place because of the Nuclear Race?
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Why was the Berlin Wall built?
To contain the people on the communist side of the wall, and separate them from capitalism.
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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Who is Nikita Krushchev.
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What did the Soviet Union do in response to the failed mission?
Set up their missiles in Cuba
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Most of the battles occurred in...
What is Urban areas in the South.
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True or False: The Soviet Union knew all about the Manhattan project even though it was top secret?
What is true.
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What countries controlled the Western Side of the wall?
What is England and France
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What was the final compromise? (3 parts)
What is -Remove missiles from Cuba -Remove missiles from Turkey -Kennedy promised not to invade.
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What did the Kennedy Administration do to try and make up for their failed mission?
What is Operation Mongoose
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The Tet Offensive marked a turning point in the war because...
It shifted the public against of the war, leading to the withdrawal of the United States from South Vietnam.
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What type of weapon was designed by the Manhattan Project?
What is atomic bomb.
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What does the Berlin Wall symbolize?
The wall symbolizes the repression of human rights by the eastern bloc during the Cold War.