U-2 Incident
Vietnam Conflict
Space Race
Detente
Korean War
100
May 1st, 1960.
When did the U-2 Incident happen?
100
Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
What countries did the Vietnam War take place?
100
Neil Armstrong
Who was the first man to the MOON?
100
A French word meaning release from tension.
What is detente?
100
the 38th parallel
What is the line of division between North and South Korea?
200
April 9th, 1960.
When did the spy plane fly over the Soviet Union border?
200
1954
What year did the Vietnam conflict begin?
200
Yuri Gagarin
Who was the first man in SPACE?
200
1969.
What year did the tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States ease up?
200
Harry S. Truman
Who was the president that sent troops to Korea?
300
"I must tell you a secret. When I made my first report I deliberately did not say that the pilot was alive and well... and now just look how many silly things the Americans have said." (Who said this?)
Who is Nikita Khrushchev? or Nikita Khrushchev.
300
If one state went Communist, other states in the region would follow, and U.S. policy did not allow the spread of Communist rule across all of Vietnam.
What was the domino theory?
300
Sputnik
What was the first satellite launched into space called?
300
A direct hotline between Washington D.C. and Moscow.
What is the red telephone?
300
5 million
What is the number of deaths recorded during the Korean War?
400
Convicted of espionage and sentenced to three years imprisonment and seven years of hard labor.
What was Gary Powers's punishment resulting in the incident?
400
1975
When did the Vietnam conflict end and/or North and South Vietnam were united again?
400
being shaken, blasted with noise, made to sit with their feet in ice water, and forced to blow up balloons until they are exhausted.
What are some tests included in NASA's astronaut training during cold war?
400
Agreement ensuring further reduction in arms by the Soviets and by the US.
What is the SALT I Treaty?
400
Truman ordered ground troops into action on this date.
June 30th, 1950
500
Francis Gary Powers.
Who was the surviving pilot of the U-2 spy plane?
500
Ho Chi Minh City (name the original city).
What was Saigon renamed as?
500
Alan Shepard
Who was sent to space from the USA immediately after the Soviets did?
500
1975. (Name of series of agreements)
What year were the Helsinki Accords produced?
500
90% of the troops sent to aid South Korea were sent from this country.
What is the United States?