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The main opponents in the Cold War
What is the United States and the Soviet Union?
The Cold War was played out in all of the following arenas except one The Cold War was played out in all of the following arenas except one. Which one does not belong? Ideology, psychology, espionage, technological developments, direct military engagement, and a nuclear arms race.
What is “direct military engagement.”?
A war in which two powers use third parties as a supplement or a substitute for fighting each other directly.
What is a “proxy war”?
The Cold War lasted until what year
What is a “1991”?
The Cold War began because of this disagreement
What is the U.S. and the Soviet Union disagreed on how to reconstruct postwar Europe?
The years of the Korean War
What is 1950-1953?
The act that initiated the Korean War
What is the Communist North Korea invaded South Korea.
The commander of all U.N. forces.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
China got involved in the Korean War because
What is the U.S. had made much progress since North Korea’s initial attack, and China was worried that the U.S. was going to take control of North Korea.
General MacArthur was removed from command in 1951 because
What is Truman and MacArthur did not see eye to eye on how the war should be handled.
The Space Race was _________
What is “An informal competition between the U. S What is “An informal competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union involving the parallel efforts by both countries to explore outer space.”
The Space Race lasted from _______ to _______.
What is 1957 - 1975
The Space Race effectively began after the launch of what satellite?
What is Sputnik?
Sputnik means __________
What is travel companion? Bonus Word: James Dean
The number of Sputnik satellites the Soviets launched
What is 3?
The United Nations was founded in this year
When is 1945?
The proposed purpose of the United Nations was
What is To avoid another world war
The first issue brought to the U.N.
What is North Korea’s invasion of South Korea
This country was not in attendance at the U.N. Council vote
What is the Soviet Union
Name the freedoms granted by the 1st Amendment
What is freedom of speech, press, assembly, religion, and right to petition
In his campaign for president, Eisenhower promised to do what?
What is Go to Korea himself to stop the Korean War
The purpose of the Cuban Revolution was
What is to overthrow the current government: Batista
The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
Who is Rosa Parks
This person became president upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who is Harry Truman