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The Cold War
for US History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which president started the Manhattan Project but died before it succeeded? | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Which president dropped the atomic bombs on Japan and led the U.S. into the Korean War? | Harry S. Truman |
| Which president ended the Korean War, signed the Federal Highway Act, and oversaw a season of economic prosperity? | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| What was the name of the first man made satellite to orbit the earth, launched by the USSR in 1957? | Sputnik I |
| Who were the two major superpowers in the Cold War? | USA and USSR (a.k.a. the Soviet Union, or Russia) |
| What does the acronym M.A.D. mean, explaining why nuclear powers avoid fighting in wars against one another? | Mutually Assured Destruction |
| What country experienced a communist revolution in 1949? Who was their leader? | China, Mao Zedong |
| What country was first established in 1948 by the United Nations after the extent of the Holocaust was revealed at the end of WWII? | Israel |
| What two countries gained independence from the UK in 1947, establishing separate homelands for the followers of two religions? | India (Hindu) and Pakistan (Muslim) |
| What country experienced a communist revolution in 1959? Who was their leader? | Cuba, Fidel Castro |
| What kind of conflict, common throughout the Cold War, existed when the two major powers fought one another by supporting opposite sides in smaller wars? | A Proxy War |
| How did the Korean War end? | A stalemate, with an armistice line along the 38th parallel |
| Who was the US fighting against alongside S. Korea in the Korean War? | N. Korea and China (with USSR support) |
| How did the Vietnam War end? | At first with a stalemate, but eventual N. Vietnamese victory after the US withdrew |
| Who did the US fight against alongside S. Vietnam in the Vietnam War? | N. Vietnam (with support from the USSR and China) |
| What were the start and end dates for US involvement in the Korean War? | 1950-53 |
| What were the start and end dates for US involvement (soldiers fighting) in the Vietnam War? | 1965-75 |
| What year did the first humans, American astronaut Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, walk on the moon? | 1969 |
| What country was established (still unrecognized by China) by the exiled leaders of the Republic of China after they lost their civil war and the People's Republic of China was established? | Taiwan |
| What President led America through the Cuban Missile Crises, started NASA's moon program, and met with Martin Luther King after the march on Washington? | John F. Kennedy |
| What President signed the Civil Rights Act, sent American soldiers to Vietnam, and launched the Great Society programs in an attempt to end poverty? | Lyndon Johnson |
| What President negotiated the peace talks in Vietnam, saw the US land on the moon, and resigned after the Watergate scandal? | Richard Nixon |
| What President oversaw the fall of S. Vietnam and pardoned his predecessor after his resignation? | Gerald Ford |
| What Supreme Court case ended segregation of public schools and was a landmark decision that led to promote Civil Rights during the Eisenhower presidency? | Brown v. Board of Education |
| Which president de-segregated the armed forces after WWII? | Harry Truman |
| Where did the bus boycott take place beginning with Rosa Parks that catapulted Martin Luther King Jr. into national leadership of the Civil Rights Movement? | Montgomery, Alabama |
| What does the NAACP stand for (the legal organization that fought for Civil Rights through the courts)? | the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| What landmark piece of legislation outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin? | The Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
| What President sent federal troops to escort African American high school students into a formerly all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas and US Marshalls to escort Ruby Bridges in New Orleans? | Dwight Eisenhower |
| What legislation prohibited discriminatory voting practices, such as literacy tests, and authorized federal oversight of elections in areas with a history of voter discrimination? | The Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
| When did Martin Luther King give his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to 250,000 Americans of all races who marched in support of Civil Rights? | August 28, 1963 |
| What US Senator made accusations against members of the government and media as communist sympathizers and traitors sparking controversy and security investigations? | Joseph McCarthy |
| What year did the Soviet Union develop their own atomic bomb? | 1949 |
| What countries other than the US, Russia, UK, and China possess nuclear weapons today? | France, India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel |
| What international body was formed at the end of WWII in 1945 as a forum for diplomacy to promote peace and human rights? | The United Nations |
| What international mutual defense pact was signed by many nations in Europe and North America in 1949 to protect against the threat of communist invasion? | The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) |
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