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Cold War Part 2
Cold War Part 2
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Arms Race and Space Race
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During "Space Race", the USSR won the race to see who put a satellite into orbit 1st. Called?
Apollo
Saturn
Sputnik
Space Station
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The Soviets also won the "race" for 1st man to orbit earth, Gagarin. Who was the American?
John Glenn
Buzz Aldren
Neil Armstrong
John Kennedy
3
What is arms control?
a plan to limit the amount of money one country can control.
plan to limit nuclear weapons a country can have/produce.
a plan to limit the number of tanks a country can build.
both a and b are correct answers
4
In late 1950s, leader of N.Korea decided to reunite the country. Who was that?
None of the above are correct
Hideki Tojo
Ho Chi Minh
Maya Yi Lin
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What did it mean the US and Soviets were in an Arms Race?
None of the above are correct.
They were trying to see who could invade the most territory.
They were trying to see who built the most nuclear weapons.
They tried to prove they were better by having bigger arms.
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In the CW, children were taught drills protecting them in nuclear attacks. What were they?
Duck and Cover Drills
Nuclear Attack Drills
Tornado Drills
Cold War Drills
7
In 1989, one of the biggest symbols of the communist oppression was done away with. What?
The Berlin Airlift
The Soviet Union
The Brandenburg Gate
The Berlin Wall
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In late 1960s - 1970s, the US fought a war in Vietnam in order to....
acquire more land for the US.
get revenge after being attacked.
stop the spread of communism.
defend its European allies.
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Which best fits: Communist, Fought in S. Vietnam, Enemy of S. Vietnam and US
Vichy French
Chinese
Viet Cong
Vietminh
10
Who was the communist leader that took control of Cuba in 1959?
Joseph Stalin
Yuri Gargarin
Fidel Castro
Alfonso Soriano
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TV showed the war, US drafted soldiers, N. Vietnam troops were hard to beat. <- impact US?
Reporting the news became an important industry.
People started to fear that communism would spread to the US
Many Americans started to think the US shouldn't be involved
The US govn't started giving more war powers to the Pres.
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Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis so significant in the Cold War?
It was the end of the conflict b/t the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.
It was the closest the world had ever come to a nuclear war.
It was the 1st conflict b/t the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
It led to the assassination of Pres. JFK.
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How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?
They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba.
They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.
They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union
They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.
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Some opposed the war, some supported. They had nicknames. Opposers = doves, supporters = ?
Vultures
Hawks
Eagles
Falcons
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Which U.S. pres = Prs. from 1961 - 1963, agreed to increase military in Vietnam, assassinated
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Richard Nixon
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Why did the US get involved in the Vietnam War?
to make sure N. Vietnam stayed a communist country.
to stop the Soviet Union from controlling all of Vietnam.
to stop communism from spreading to South Vietnam.
to take control over land in Southeast Asia and China.
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In 1969, US put a man on the moon. Who was 1st to set foot on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Yuri Gagarin
Buzz Aldren
John Glenn
18
American soldiers had a difficult time in Vietnam because of terrain and fighting style, called
Urban warfare
Guerilla warfare
Orangutan warfare
Civil war
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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union that began giving individuals freedoms?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonoid Breshnev
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Kruschev
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Who was the American commander during Vietnam?
General William Westmoreland
General Colin Powell
General Douglas McArthur
General Dwight Eisenhower
