The United States and Russia "competed" about what?
Nuclear Weapons
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What were two things that made the trench warfare so miserable?
Dead bodies, rats and mice, blood, disease and trench foot.
200
What were the two cities that the United States dropped atomic bombs on?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
200
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The United States and the Soviet Union were in a conflict over the Soviet Union trying to put missiles in Cuba. If missiles were put in Cuba, they would be able to reach the United States within minutes.
300
Which side did the United States join at the beginning of World War I?
Neither... It remained neutral.
300
What was the Manhattan Project?
The development of the atomic bomb.
300
Who was the president when the first man landed on the moon?
JFK.
400
What were two factors that forced the United States to join World War I?
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare by the Germans, the Zimmerman Telegram, and the close ties they had with the British.
400
What organization was formed after World War II to help keep world peace?
The United Nations (UN)
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What did NATO do?
It is the organization that constitutes a system of collective defense whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
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What are two of the three nations that joined the Allied Powers?
Great Britain, France and Russia.
500
Name two of the Allied Powers.
Great Britain, USSR, and the United States.
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What agency did the National Security Act establish with the intentions of collecting information on foreign governments and corporations for safety purposes?