Why was the Wall taken down in 1989?

Someone accidentally allowed travel between East and West

Which was not an obstacle Easterners had to face when escaping the East?

Ferocious flying squirrels (scarier than you think, bro)

Why did Khrushchev place missiles in Cuba?

US had missiles in Turkey, pointing at Russia

Which is NOT an outcome of the Hungarian Revolution?

Hungary became a sovereign state

What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?

To prevent Easterners from going to the West

What does "destalinization" mean?

Destroy images of Stalin EVERYWHERE/condemn his crimes

What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?

Another plan to overthrow Castro

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1
Why was the Wall taken down in 1989?
KGB threatened Gorbachev
Communism changed its mind like Kunka changes seats
Someone accidentally allowed travel between East and West
Gorbachev realized he was unfit to rule the USSR
2
Which was NOT an option for JFK during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Airstrike
Blockade
Drop atomic bomb on Cuba
Land invasion
3
Which was NOT an effect of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nuclear war happened
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963 was signed
JFK's reputation was boosted
Khrushchev's reputation was hurt
4
Which was not an obstacle Easterners had to face when escaping the East?
Ferocious flying squirrels (scarier than you think, bro)
Landmines!!!!
Barbed wire!!!
Ferocious beasts (dogs...just dogs)
5
What does MAD stand for?
Mutually Assured Destruction
Mutually Avoided Devastation
Mentally Acute Disease
Merrily Asthmatic Dude
6
Why did Khrushchev place missiles in Cuba?
Cuba needed to catch up on the nuclear arms race
US had missiles in Turkey, pointing at Russia
Britain had missiles pointing at Russia
Because he was as crazy as Stalin
7
Which is NOT an outcome of the Hungarian Revolution?
Hungary became a sovereign state
Russia stays IN control of Hungary
US more determined to stop communism from growing
Repression (complete control)
8
What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?
To prevent Easterners from going to the West
To prevent Westerners from going to the East
Because Stalin sucks....(jk, ily Stalin)
To intentionally starve out 2 million people
9
Which was NOT a cause of the Hungarian Revolution?
Destalinization
Poverty
Nationalism
Capitalism
10
What does "destalinization" mean?
Destroy images of Stalin EVERYWHERE/condemn his crimes
Excess salt in soil
HUGE memorial service for Stalin
VIOLENT OVERTHROW OF LIBERTY
11
What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Wasn't that that one battle in the Civil War?
Another plan to overthrow Castro
A plan to kill Castro via wild pig attack
US soldiers got eaten alive by pigs...in a bay
12
Who was the leader during the Hungarian Revolution?
Leon Trotsky
BIG DADDY PUTIN
Joseph Stalin
Imre Nagy
13
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union after my man Joey Stalin died?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Putin
Leon Trotsky

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