Cold war

Question 1

What is the future on American weapons

Answer 1

Rockets and Space programs

Question 2

Who was the 2 main powers in the Cold War

Answer 2

America & USSR

Question 3

Where is the place that makes the majority of rockets in America?

Answer 3

California

Question 4

“That went south”

Answer 4

In California, a rocket was supposed to go North but it went South into Mexica

Question 5

What is a bigger bomb than the ones in Japan?

Answer 5

The H-Bombs
- hydrogen bombs

Question 6

East and West Europe

Answer 6

Iron Curtain
- coined my Church Hill
- The Russians Closed off Eaterns Eopre from Western Europe.

Question 7

Domino Effect

Answer 7

When Joseph Stalin pressured Eastern Europe to become communist.

Question 8

Satellites of the USSR

Answer 8

The states of Poland etc,

Question 9

NATO

Answer 9

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Question 10

Erwin Rommel

Answer 10

Best German commander
Desert Fox

Question 11

George Marshel plan

Answer 11

Marshall plan (1947)
made Europe our friends

Question 12

NATO

Answer 12

North Atlantic

Question 13

Korean War

Answer 13

North Korea invades South Korea
- The United Nations had to go fight
- America did the heavy lifting

Question 14

Collective security

Answer 14

all people gang up on the bad actor

Question 15

Who was the general of the Korean War?

Answer 15

Mc Carther
- he finally gets his invitation
- very complex invasion
- invaded on Inchon
- it works

Question 16

Why did McArther get fired?

Answer 16

• He wanted to go to China
• But Truman said no so we wouldn’t go into China.

Question 17

who has the lowest approval rating of all time (President)

Answer 17

Truman - 17%

Question 18

President during the Cold War

Answer 18

Dwight D Eisenhower

Question 19

Eisenhower’s slogan

Answer 19

“I like Ike”

Question 20

Eisenhower Years

Answer 20

• space race
• The economy is growing
• Conflict with USSR is getting bigger

Question 21

Who dies in Russia during the Cold War?

Answer 21

• Stalin Dies

Question 22

What does Russia send up during the Cold War

Answer 22

• Sputnik (USSR)
• a dog Laika

Question 23

What does America send up after the Russians?

Answer 23

• Space monkey

Question 24

What kind of plane did we get caught spying on Russia with?

Answer 24

U2 Spy plane (United States)

Question 25

What happened when the we got caught spying of Russia

Answer 25

- the pilot on the U2 Spy plane crashed - the Russians told the world

Question 26

Policy of Containment

Answer 26

eisenhower's way of containung communism

Question 27

Eisenhower's improvements in America

Answer 27

- Interstate System - Balanced Budget - every year - U-2 Crisis

Question 28

What does the government think about spending on infrastructure? How does Eisenhower deal with this?

Answer 28

- The government doesn't like it cause there's no immediate return on investment. - He makes the road and other things say it's for Defence and for military use.

Question 29

Eisenhower's Vice President

Answer 29

Was a senator - Richard Nixon

Question 30

What happened to Eisenhower when he left office?

Answer 30

He's broke - no president allowence yet

Question 31

What is Kennedy like

Answer 31

- he was wealthy - good looking - worked up the government chain - he wants to be President - Modern candidate - Catholic president

Question 32

Richard Nixon

Answer 32

- old-school way of running government

Question 33

Problem with Kennady

Answer 33

- Catholic - has officers with the lady - Marlin Monroe

Question 34

What gave Kennedy the Presidency?

Answer 34

- Kennady was better on TV - TV was better looking, more confidant - people who listened on the radio thought Nixon won the debate - people who watched on TV thought Kennady won - optics became very important

Question 35

Kennady fam

Answer 35

Camelot - first celebrity president - His wife Jacky became the most photographed lady in the world - People call the Kennady family royalty (Camelot)

Question 36

Kennady history

Answer 36

Joe Sr. - Joe's way or no way Joe Jr. - father wants him to be president - He was the best in everything John - called Jack Kennady Bobby - Called Robert ED - Ted

Question 37

What happens to John F Kennady when Joe Jr. dies?

Answer 37

Joe Sr. wants to get John out of the war - Joe Sr. says he has to be President - John wants to be a history teacher at Harvard

Question 38

What does Robert (Bobby) become because of his father

Answer 38

Attorney General - to keep Hovver (FBI) of John's back

Question 39

What happens to John F Kennady

Answer 39

He gets assassinated

Question 40

What happened to Bobby Kennady

Answer 40

He gets assassinated

Question 41

What happens to Ted Presidential courier

Answer 41

it ends when get drives off a bridge with his mistress

Question 42

Kennedy's legacy

Answer 42

- needs to invade Cuba - Bay of Pigs (4/17/1961) - Berlin Wall (8/13/61) - Kennedys popularity was super high - he was a celebrity - Cuban missile crisis

Question 43

Fidel Castro

Answer 43

- he takes over Cuba and makes it Communists

Question 44

Cuban Missle Crisis

Answer 44

U-2 saw Soviet Missle sites in Cuba

Question 45

Ho-Chi-Min

Answer 45

Vietnam's leader during the Cold War

Question 46

What does Ho Chi Min want to do

Answer 46

He wants to invade South Vietnam to make it communist

Question 47

Tet Offensive: 1968

Answer 47

- large-scale battle in Vietnam The enemy attacks us on 120 bases across Vietnam - first televised war

Question 48

Walter Cronkite

Answer 48

- most trusted man in America - best reporter in America during the war

Question 49

1971 - 1973 ( What is this time period called)

Answer 49

Vietanamization - We had South Vietnam troops do the heavy lifting

Question 50

Mekong

Answer 50

A River delta that we fought on

Question 51

N.V.A

Answer 51

North Vietnamese Army - regular soldiers - organized

Question 52

Viet-Cong (2 types)

Answer 52

Viet-Cong Regular - gorilla warfare - supplied by the HoChiMin Trail Viet-Cong Irregulars - villagers that only fought at night

Question 53

Water Boarding

Answer 53

- pin the guy down - put a rag over their face and pour water on their face

Question 54

Why is this a Lost War?

Answer 54

WE didn't meet our objective - we didn't liberate South Vietnam