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Etc. US v USSR US v USSR (2) Cold War Pres. Facts Nuclear Weapons 10 20 30 40 50 40 30 20 10 50 100 80 60 40 20 50 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10
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QUESTION: What were the differences between the goals of the US and USSR after wwii? ANSWER: The USSR wanted to spread communism, the US wanted to build up their economy.
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QUESTION: Why did the US and USSR become enemies after the war? ANSWER: They both tried to spread their government ideologies, but they were opposing
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QUESTION: What was the USSR’s version of the Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine? ANSWER: Molotov Plan
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QUESTION: What plan did Reagan create to defend against Soviet missiles? ANSWER: The Strategic Defense Initiative (STAR WARS program)
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QUESTION: What two countries were involved in the US v USSR proxy wars? ANSWER: Korea and Vietnam
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QUESTION: The US and USSR had an arms race in what form of weaponry? ANSWER: Missiles or Nuclear weapons
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QUESTION: What is the Iron Curtain? Who coined the term? ANSWER: The border between communist countries and capitalist. President Truman.
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QUESTION: Who erected the Berlin wall and where? ANSWER: The Soviets around WEST Berlin
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QUESTION: What is the Bay of Pigs? ANSWER: Landing site for the US sponsored revolt in Cuba
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QUESTION: What is McCarthyism?(Get this you automatically win) ANSWER: When Senator McCarthy caused people to fear their neighbors were communist.
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QUESTION: Who was the first president of the Cold War? ANSWER: Franklin Roosevelt
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QUESTION: What does the S in Harry S Truman stand for? ANSWER: Nothing, its just the letter S.
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QUESTION: Jimmy Carter filed a report of having seen what in 1973? ANSWER: A UFO
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QUESTION: Who did JFK talk to about a possible way to get rid of Fidel Castro? ANSWER: Ian Fleming, the author of James Bond.
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QUESTION: What job did Gerald Ford have in college? ANSWER: A fashion Model
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QUESTION: What was a US site for many Nuclear weapon tests? ANSWER: Bikini Island (this is why spongebob can talk)
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QUESTION: What year did the USSR detonate their first atomic bomb? ANSWER: 1949
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QUESTION: Which type of Nuclear weapon has no limit on its yield (energy released)? ANSWER: Hydrogen Bomb
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QUESTION: What was the name of the spy that gave British Nuclear intelligence to the Soviets? ANSWER: Klaus Fuchs
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QUESTION: Which countries had access to nuclear weapons during the Cold War? ANSWER: US, Britain, USSR, France, India, China, and Cuba
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QUESTION: What was Gorbachev’s political openness called? ANSWER: Glasnost
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QUESTION: What was Gorbachev’s economic reforms called? ANSWER: Perestroika
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QUESTION: Who lead the solidarity movement in Poland? ANSWER: Lech Valesa
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QUESTION: Who coined the term Iron Curtain? ANSWER: Winston Churchill
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QUESTION: Who lead Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring? ANSWER: Alexander Dubcek
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