Cold War

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What event inspired the United States to create the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)?

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the Soviets' successful launch of the world's first satellite

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What does the bold green line on this map represent?

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the Iron Curtain

Front

What action by the Soviet Union led President Kennedy to put a naval blockade around Cuba?

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Attempted to put nuclear weapons in Cuba

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What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?

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to prevent citizens from East Berlin from defecting into West Berlin

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Why did the United States put a naval blockade around Cuba?

Back

The United States learned that Soviet missiles were being constructed in Cuba

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What did Winston Churchill mean by the "Iron Curtain" in Eastern Europe?

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The areas under communist control had significantly worse living conditions than those in Western Europe

Front

The events of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 showed that which idea was true?

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The Soviet Union and the United States opposed each other but did not want to start a nuclear war

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What term was used to identify the imaginary line that divided Eastern and Western Europe after World War II?

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the Iron Curtain

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Why did the United States get involved in the Vietnam War?

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to give military aid to South Vietnam and to prevent the spread of communism

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How did the Vietnam War end?

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The United States withdrew, and Vietnam was united under communist rule