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BPI-CC Matthew
Bay of Pigs Invasion - Checkpoint Charlie
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bay of Pigs Invasion | failed invasion of Cuba at the Bahía de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs), or Playa Girón (Girón Beach) to Cubans, on the southwestern coast by some 1,500 Cuban exiles opposed to Fidel Castro. financed and directed by the U.S. government. |
| Berlin Blockade | international crisis that arose from an attempt by the Soviet Union, in 1948–49, to force the Western Allied powers (the United States, the United Kingdom, and France) to abandon their post-World War II jurisdictions in West Berlin. |
| Berlin Wall | barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany during the period from 1961 to 1989. |
| Bert the turtle | Cartoon turtle character most known for "Duck and Cover" PSA, which tells kids what to do during a nuclear missile strike. |
| Bikini Atoll | atoll in the Ralik (western) chain of the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. The atoll was used for peacetime atomic explosions conducted for experimental purposes by the United States between 1946 and 1958. |
| bomber gap | caused by bad U.S. intelligence that poorly reported that Soviet bomber aircraft technology and production rates were greater to those of the U.S. This caused Eisenhower to order the immediate production of more bombers. The bomber gap did not exist. |
| Brezhnev Doctrine | foreign policy put forth by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in 1968, calling on the Soviet Union to intervene—including militarily—in countries where socialist rule was under threat. |
| Brussels Defense Pact | agreement signed by Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, creating a collective defense alliance. It led to the formation of NATO and the Western European Union. |
| Cambodian-Vietnamese War | In December 1978, Vietnamese forces moved into Cambodia, pushing aside the Cambodian forces. in two weeks the government had fled to Thailand, and Vietnam created a puppet regime. |
| Cambodian coup (1970) | In March, while Prince Sihanouk was visiting the USSR, the National Assembly removed him from power. Lon Nol took control. Sihanouk traveled to Beijing to lead of the communist forces led by Saloth Sar, which only a few days ago had waged war against him. |
| Cambridge Spy Ring | British KGB spy ring that infiltrated the intelligence system of the UK and passed vital information to the USSR during World War 2 and the early stages of the Cold War. members were Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Harold 'Kim' Philby, and Anthony Blunt. |
| Castle Bravo | conducted on March 1, 1954, on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, it was the largest nuclear missile test by America. |
| CENTO | mutual security organization from 1955 to 1979 and composed of Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, and Britain. Until March 1959 the organization included Iraq and had its headquarters in Baghdad. |
| Charter 77 | petition in which citizens urged the Czechoslovak government to observe human rights as outlined in the Helsinki Accords of 1975. Intellectuals and activists who signed Charter 77 were arrested and detained, but their efforts continued. |
| Checkpoint Charlie/standoff of 1961 | Confrontation between U.S. and Soviet tanks that ended peacefully. Located at Checkpoint Charlie, which was a crossing point between East and West Berlin. |
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