Famous Events | People | Important Dates | Potpourri | Vocabulary |
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When Russia threatened the U.S with nuclear weapons.
What was the Cuban missile crisis?
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John F. Kennedy
Who was the leader of the US when they sent the first man on the moon?
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July 20, 1969
When was did the US send the first man on the moon?
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between north and south
How was Korea divided?
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Stopping communism from spreading
What is containment?
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to give 12.5 billion to West Europe
what is the Marshall Plan?
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Ronald Reagan
Which American president help take down the Berlin wall?
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October 1962
When was the Cuban Missile crisis?
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trying to get nuclear weapons/missiles
trying to get nuclear weapons/missiles What is the arms race?
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when Germany was divided into four parts for administrative purposes.
What are "Occupation Zones?"
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It was knocked down by the people of Berlin.
What happened to the Berlin wall?
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Fedal Castro.
Who was the leader of Cuba durring cuban missile crisis?
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June 24 1948 - May 12 1949
When is the Berlin Airlift?
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hit and run tactic
what is guerrilla warfare?
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A government for the people
What is democracy?
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When the U.S sent food into Berlin, Germany.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
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Nikita Khruschev
who was the leader of the USSR when they sent Sputnik?
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April 4 1949
What is the date when N.A.T.O was created?
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Who was the leader of the U.S.S.R. fell?
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What is a satellite state?A nation that is controlled by another nation larger than it
What is a satellite state?
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Neil Armstrong
Who was the first man on the moon?
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Mao Zedong
Who was the leader of China during the Cold war?
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October 4, 1957
What year did the U.S.S.R send Sputnik in space?
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Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
Who was the second man on the moon?
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the policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information, initiated by leader Mikhail Gorbachev
what is the definition of Glasnost?
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