Korean War

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What year did the soviets test an atomic bomb?

1949

When did the Korean War start?

1950

When did the Korean War end?

1953

What year did the U.S launch Explorer I?

1958

Who was the first American in space?

Alan Shepard

Why was the fall of the Berlin Wall important to the end of the war?

Berlin Wall was a symbolic representation of the divide between the USA and the Soviet Union

What power joined North Korea in the middle of the war?

China

What country received the most help from the Marshall Plan?

England

What was the first satellite launched by the U.S?

Explorer I

What was the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?

HUAC forced hundreds of people in the movie industry to renounce political beliefs and testify against eachother. More that​ 500 people lost their jobs

What did the containment strategy provide a rationale for?

It led to the buildup of the Arms race

Why did Portugal receive minimal aid from the Marshall plan?

It received least damage from WWII and didn't not need as much rebuilding

How did the Americans feel about the launching of sputnik?

It was a surprise, and not a pleasant one

Who ruled Korea before the atomic bomb at the end of WWII?

Japan

Who was the Dictator in North Korea?

Kim ll-Sung

What was the post WWII alliance that helped send aid to other countries?

NATO

What won the Space Race for the U.S?

Neil Armstrong walked on the moon

Who won the Korean War?

No one. It was a stalemate

What started the Korean War?

North Korea invaded south korea

How did the arms race impact Americans?

People built bomb shelters practiced attack drills scary movies about neucular bombs

What country received the least aid from the Marshall plan?

Portugal

What is the Reagan Doctrine?

Reagan worked to provide finincial and milolitary aid to anticomunist governments around the world

What was the only country to not receive aid from the Marshall plan in Western Europe?

Spain

What was the name of the satellite the Soviets launched?

Sputnik

Which Country was Neutral in WWII and still received Aid from the Marshall Plan?

Switzerland

Who was leading the Space Race?

The Soviets because they launched the first man into space in 1961

Who won the Space Race?

The U.S

What is containment?

The U.S polocy of trying to stop communism from spreading around the world

According to Truman, why did the U.S help establish the United Nations?

The United Nations is designed to make lasting freedom and independance for all its members

Most countries that didn't receive aid from the Marshall plan joined which post WWII alliance?

The Warsaw Pact

What is another word for the Korean War?

The forgotten war

Why did the U.S go to war in Korea?

To prevent the spread of Communism

Who was president during the Korean War?

Truman than Eisenhower

Who was Senator Joseph MacCarthy?

U.S senator who led a movement to remove communist from the U.S stare Department and the entire U.s Government

Which Countries didn't receive aid from the Marshall plan?

USSR, Eastern Germany, Poland, Spain, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary, austria, Albania

Explain the policy of d`etente.

When the tension between the U.S and Soviets reduced

The US built a (Blank) bomb

hydrogen

Why didn't spain receive any aid from the Marshall plan?

spain had a Fascist dictator and stayed out of WWII


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