The Arms Race
The main purpose of the arms race was to create this powerful bomb, have more of them then your enemy and be able to deliver them to their target from as far away as possible.
What is the atomic and/or hydrogen bomb.
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Micheal Collins went to the moon in 1969 on this space mission.
What is Apollo 11.
This operation stopped the Soviet Union from transporting anymore missiles and possibly nukes to Cuba.
What is The Cuba Blockade.
After WW2 it seemed the US and the Allies had contained communism in Europe but it was becoming and increasing worry when the Soviet communism started to spread into this continent.
Whaat is Asia.
This 27 mile long structure divided East and West Germany and was protected by guards, dogs and 55,000 landmines.
The Berlin Wall.
This US President created the policy of deterence so they could answer and threat with massive retaliation which would hopefully deter the Soviets from making a threat in the first place.
What is Predient Eisenhower.
This Soviet animal found on the streets of Moscow was sent into space was the first animal two to orbit the earth abourd the Sputnik 2.
What is Laika.
Fifteen hundred of Castro's enemies tried to over throw him by invading Conchinos Bay, this was also known as this.
What is the Bay of Pigs.
This was the belief that communism should be contained where it stood and shouldn't be allowed to spread.
What is The Truman Doctirine.
In 1945 President Truman received a message from CHurchill saying that a figurative barrier had been drawn between West and East Germany.
What is the Iron Curtain.
This principal would insure that is one party started a nuclear then the other would respond in the same way leaving both sides destroyed.
What is MAD or Mutually Assured Destruction.
This was the first satelite launched into space by the Soviet Union and the world.
What is Sputnik 1.
In exchange for Russia taking missiles out of Cuba, John F Kennedy agreed to take missiles out of this counrty.
What is Turkey
The Korean war started and ended along this world parralel.
What is the 38th parralel.
This blocked all railroads, roads and canals, cutting all food and fuel to West Germany.
What is The Berlin Blockade.
This US President promised to close the missile gap between the US and the Soviet Union in his election campaign but in fact there was no missile gap.
What is President John F Kennedy.
Yuri Alekseyevich Gegarin who was a soviet astronaut became the first man in space in this year.
What is 1961.
During the cold war nuclear bombers and nuclear missile were put on the highest stage of readiness and was the only time it happened during the cold war.
What is defcon 2/defence condition 2.
This is why the Allies decided to send troops and supplies to South Korea when the Korean war started.
What is Soviets in North Korea.
The Allies occupied this part of Germany after WW2
What is West Germany.
In 1957 both the US and the Soviet Union developed this system to deliver nuclear war heads to targets across the globe without the use of an aircraft.
What is ICBM.
This United States agency was established in response to the Soviet Unions launch of Sputnik 1.
What is Nasa.
This man lead the communist revolution in Cuba and allied with the Soviet Union by making trade deals and helping escort and set up missiles and missile launch sites.
What is Fedel Castro.
This side of Korea invaded the other in a surprise attack and marked the beginning of the Korean war.
What is North Korea.
In 1949 The US and canada along with nine other countries formed this organization to better deal with any future agreements with the Soviet Union.
What is The North Atlantic Treaty Orginization/NATO.