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Cold War
Cold War Study Stack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the approximate time period of the Cold War? | 1945-1990 |
| What Communist country was closest to the U.S. during the 1960s? | Cuba |
| What was the Berlin Airlift? | The U.S. flew supplies into West Berlin because the Communists were trying to stop supplies from getting through. |
| What was the "iron curtain"? | an imaginary line separating Europe's Communist and non-Communist countries. |
| Who coined the phrase "iron curtain"? | Winston Churchill |
| Why did the U.S. get involved in the Vietnam War? | To try to stop the spread of Communism |
| Who won the Korean War? | No one. It ended in a stalemate. |
| Why was the United Nations formed? | To try to keep peace in the world. |
| What was the name of the 13 day nuclear weapon standoff between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. in 1962? | Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Who was the President during the Cuban Missile Crisis? | John F. Kennedy |
| Who was the Communist leader of the U.S.S.R. during the Cuban Missile Crisis? | Nikita Khrushchev |
| What Communist leader told the free countries of the world the "History is on our side and we will bury you!" | Nikita Khrushchev |
| What was the arms race? | A race between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. to build bigger and more weapons than the other. |
| In which type of government are you free--Communism or Democracy? | Democracy |
| What came Communist symbol came down in 1989? | The Berlin Wall |
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