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What country had control of the Korean peninsula before World War II?

Japan

What year did the Korean War begin?

1950

What was used as the border between North Korea and South Korea?

38th Parallel

North Korea is ruled by what type of government?

Communist

Who was president of the United States during the Korean War?

Truman then Eisenhower

How did the Korean War end?

The war ended without either side winning and Korea remained divided.

What country entered the side of North Korea and changed the course of the war?

China

What side attacked first in the Korean War?

North Korea

Who was the main general for the United Nations and the United States at the start of the Korean War?

Douglas MacArthur

Which side was considered the winner of the Korean War?

There was no winner

Vietnam was a colony of what country prior to World War II?

France

Who was the leader of the communist government in North Vietnam?

Ho Chi Minh

When the French pulled out of Southern Vietnam, what country entered to try and help stop communism from spreading?

United States

What year did the first US combat troops officially arrive in Vietnam?

1965

What country had control of Vietnam during World War II?

Japan

What United States president decided to pull American troops out of Vietnam?

Richard Nixon

What defined the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam?

17th Parallel

What major Vietnamese city was renamed to Ho Chi Minh City in honor of the leader of North Vietnam after the war?

Saigon

Which side ended up winning the Vietnam War and taking control of the country?

North Vietnam

What made the Vietnam War difficult for the US army and troops fighting in the war?

The jungle conditions, limits put on troops, and ambushes and traps

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Nikita Khrushchev

In what country did the Soviet Union put nuclear missile sites that could hit any target within the United States?

Cuba

Who was president of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

John F. Kennedy

How did the United States discover that nuclear missiles were being installed into Cuba?

Pictures from a U-2 spy plane

What did the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States want to do when they discovered the missiles?

Launch a full invasion and takeover of Cuba

What event prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis caused Fidel Castro to look to the Soviet Union for military help?

Bay of Pigs invasion

What actions did the United States first take when they discovered the missiles?

They formed a blockade against any weapons entering Cuba

What did the US agree to do in order to get the Soviet Union to remove the missiles?

Never invade Cuba again and remove nuclear missiles from Turkey

What leader was left out of the negotiations during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Fidel Castro

How was the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis viewed?

Not everyone considered it a great victory for the United States

The Space Race was a part of what war?

Cold War

After World War II, from what country did the United States and the Soviet Union get many of their rocket scientists?

Germany

What was the name of the first satellite launched into orbit?

Sputnik I

Which country first put a manned spacecraft into orbit?

Soviet Union

Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?

John Glenn

What was the name of the program that helped to develop a lot of the technology for the Apollo program?

Gemini

American space pilots were called astronauts. What were Soviet space pilots called?

Cosmonauts

Who was the first man to set foot on the Moon?

Neil Armstrong

What was the name of the lunar module that landed on the Moon?

Eagle

What year did the Space Race end with the Apollo-Soyuz joint program mission?

1975

What president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?

Lyndon Johnson

The new law outlawed discrimination by employers based on what?

Race, gender, religion, and national origin

The slaves were set free after what war?

Civil War

What were the laws called that enforced racial segregation?

Jim Crow laws

What happened to racial segregation in public schools under the new law?

Public schools could not be segregated by race

How many sections did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 have?

11

What political group filibustered against the Civil Rights Act for 83 days?

Southern Democrats

What stopped President Kennedy from signing the Civil Rights Act?

He was assassinated

What law was passed in 1965 to ensure that the right to vote was not denied based on race or color?

Voting Rights Act

Who does the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protect from discrimination?

People protected based on race, gender, religion, and national origin, not just race.