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Cold War Project
Estaban's Cold War Project for the flash card format
| Q | A |
|---|---|
| how many battles were fought in the cold war? | none |
| what were the two pacts in the cold war? | NATO and Warsaw |
| what country lead NATO? | United States |
| what country lead Warsaw? | Soviet Union or the USSR |
| what was the relationship between US and the USSR during WW2? | allies |
| what was the cold war "fought" over? | geting rid of comunism |
| when did NATO and Warsaw become rivals? | 1945 |
| what did the Two pacts do during the cold war | build up nuclear weapons and made threats |
| what was the object of building up nuclear weapons | to keep a balance of neither country wanting to attack |
| What did the Warsaw Pact do in responce to NATO building up nuclear weapons | they became shut of from the world (in denial) |
| what did the Berlin wall Divide | It was a barrier between the east and west world |
| who described the Berlin wall as the "iron curtain" | Sir. Winston Churchill |
| when and where was the Berlin Wall described as "The Iron Curtain" | Furton Missouri March 5 1946 |
| what countries where discussing the cold war | Every Single Country that's not in denial, (it Dominated World Politics) |
| what did avrage civilians to to prevent the threat of nuclear war | Virtualy ALL Citizens built bomb shelters |
| what country was divided by the "Iron Curtain" | Germany, it Even ran through Berlin (the Capitol) |
| when was the Berlin Wall built | 1961 |
| when was the Berlin Wall destroyed | 1989 |
| What was the event that brought the US and the USSR to almost fight | The Cuban Missle Crisis |
| When did the Pres. John F. Kenedy recive Air Force photos showing that the USSR was building a missle launch site | October 1962 |
| where was the launch site built | Cuba |
| Why did the USSR build the launch site in Cuba | Because from there the could hit many Major US cities |
| What Did the US do to respond to the Cuban Missle Crisis | They Made Plans To Invade It |
| What Did The US do on October 22 | Thery put a naval blocade around Cuba |
| What Soviet Leader Ordered for the Missles to be removed and the launch site to be destroyed | Khrushchev, on October 28 |
| what ended the Cold War | The friendly relationship between Ronald Regan and Warsaw leader Mikhail Gorbachev |
| when did the 2 Pacts agree to abolish nuclear bombs | 1987 |
| what happened in 1989 | the Soviet Union (now Russia) started helping European nations start Democratic Nations |
| how much Republics did the USSR split up into, in 1991 | 15 |
| what was the major damage done by the cold war? | lots of money was wasted |
| how much money was used to make nuclear weapons that became illegal after the war | Eight Trillion Dollars! |
| where did the US test it's nuclear bombs? | The Nevada Test Site |
| what spy told the USSR how to create nuclear weapons | Ted Hall (age 19) |
| What scientific Rivalry was an important Part of the Cold War? | The Space Race |
| when was the first nuclear bomb dropped? | 1945 by US |
| when was NATO founded | 1949 |
| when did the USSR drop their first nuclear bomb | 1949 |
| when did the US drop their first helium bomb | 1952 |
| when did the USSR drop their first helium bomb | 1953 |
| when was the Warsaw pact founded | 1955 |
| when was the soviet spacecraft "sputnik" launched | 1957 |
| when was the berlin wall built | 1961 |
| when did the USSR invade Czechoslovakia | 1968 |
| when were nuclear bombs baned | 1987 |
| what made the Cuban Missle Crisis possible | the Cuban Dictatorship |
| what made the H-bomb more deadly than the atomic bomb? | It was smaller but 2,500 times more powerful |
| why was the space race a major part of the cold war? | because the two countries wanted an upper hand in world affairs |
| what started the space race | the soviet spacecraft sputnik |
| what did the sputnik look like | an alluminum 1 ft. by 11 in. shere with four antannas |
| what did the sputnik do | send a constant "beep...beep...beep" then crashed on the 3rd third day if it's mission (prety lame), it was a major breakthrough |
| what rocket was to send the first american satalite into space | the Vanguard |
| what happened to the Vanguard | it blew up on the launch pad |
| what was the first rocket to carry an american satalite | Explorer 1 |
| how long did the Explorer 1 orbit Earth | 12 years |
| what was the first craft to leave earth's gravity? | the soviet spacecraft Luna 1 |
| what was the first craft to make a successful landing on the moon? | the Soviet, Luna 9 |
| what was the first living creature to go into space | a soviet dog names Laika |
| what was kenndey's plan for space... | to put a guy on 'da moon |
| when was the first american spacewalk | gemini project |
| what apolo exploded? | the first |
| what spacecraft first orbited the moon | apolo 8 |
| what spacecraft tested the moon lander | apolo 9 &10 |
| how long did it take apolo 11 to start it's decent decend | 3 days |
| who landed the apolo 11 | buzz aldren and neil armstrong |
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