Which of the following describes the correct order of US Presidents between 1943 and 1972?

Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon

Which of the following accurately describes a key event in the USSR in 1956?

Khrushchev makes his 'Secret Speech'

Which of the following took place in 1972?

The SALT I agreement was signed

Which of the following dates is INCORRECT?

The Novikov Telegram was written in 1956

Which of the following accurately describes the Korean War?

It started with North Korea invading the South in 1950

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1
Which of the following describes the correct order of US Presidents between 1943 and 1972?
Roosevelt, Nixon, Truman, Ford, Kennedy, Johnson
Roosevelt, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Johnson
Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon
Roosevelt, Truman, Nixon, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Ford
2
In which year did the Bay of Pigs invasion take place?
1960
1961
1958
1959
3
Which of the following accurately describes a key event in the USSR in 1956?
Stalin dies
Khrushchev makes his 'Secret Speech'
Khrushchev resigns from office
Sputnik was launched, sending Laika into space
4
Which of the following was NOT a key event of the Cold War during the 1950s?
Arms and space race
USSR's invasion of Hungary
The Truman Doctrine
Peaceful co-existence and Destalinization
5
Which of the following is the correct order of the key post WW2 conferences?
San Francisco, Potsdam, Tehran
Tehran, Yalta, Potdsam
Yalta, Tehran, Potsdam
Potsdam, Tehran, Yalta
6
Which of the following DID NOT take place in 1955?
West Germany joined NATO
Geneva Summit meeting between Khrushchev and Eisenhower
Formation of the Warsaw Pact
The U2 incident
7
Which of the following is NOT a 1940s Cold War event?
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
Berlin blockade and airlift
Berlin Wall
Kennan's Long Telegram
8
Which of the following took place between 1969 and 1972?
The telephone hotline between Kremlin and White House
Cuban Missile crisis
The Prague Spring
Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik
9
Which of the following took place in 1972?
The start of the Brezhnev Doctrine
Death of Nikita Khrushchev
The SALT I agreement was signed
President Nixon's resignation due to Watergate
10
Which of the following dates is INCORRECT?
The Marshall Plan was introduced in 1947
The Yalta Conference took place in 1945
The Cuban missile crisis occurred in 1962
The Novikov Telegram was written in 1956
11
In which year was the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty signed?
1958
1962
1949
1968
12
Which of the following DID NOT take place in 1949?
Formation of COMINFORM
Formation of NATO
China turned Communist
The division of Germany into East and West Germany
13
Which person took over as Soviet leader in 1964?
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Nikita Khrushchev
Andrei Molotov
14
Which of the following events took place in 1943?
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hitler's invasion of USSR
Building of the UN Headquarters
The Tehran Conference
15
Which of the following accurately describes the Korean War?
The USSR and China invaded South Korea in 1957
It ended with an armistice in 1956
The USA invaded North Korea in 1955
It started with North Korea invading the South in 1950

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