Korean War
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
