History Test- The Cold War

Which president started the Manhattan project but died before it succeeded?

FDR

Which president dropped the atomic bombs on Japan and led the U.S. in the Korean War?

Harry S Truman

Which president ended the Korean War, signed the Federal Highway Act, and oversaw a season of economic prosperity?

Dwight D Eisenhower

What was the name of the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth, launched by the USSR in 1957?

Sputnik I

Who were the two main superpowers in the Cold War?

USA and USSR

What does the acronym M.A.D. mean, explaining why nuclear powers avoid fighting in wars against each other?

Mutually Assured Destruction

What country experienced a communist revolt in 1949? Who was their leader?

China, Mao Zedong

What country was first established in 1948 by the United Nations after the extent of the Holocaust was revealed at the end of WWII?

Israel

What two countries gained independence from the UK in 1947, establishing separate homelands for the followers of two religions?

India (Hindu) and Pakistan (Muslim)

What country experienced a communist revolution in 1959? Who was their leader?

Cuba, Fidel Castro

What kind of conflict, common throughout the Cold War, existed when the two major powers fought one another by supporting opposite sides in smaller wars?

Proxy War

How did the Korean War end?

A stalemate, with an armistice line along the 38th parallel

Who was the US fighting against alongside S. Korea in the Korean War?

N. Korea and China (with USSR support)

How did the Vietnam War end?

First a stalemate, but then N. Vietnam won after the US withdrew

Who did the US fight against alongside S.Vietnam in the Vietnam War?

N. Vietnam (with support from the USSR and China)

What were the start and end dates for US involvement in the Korean War?

1950-53

What were the start and end dates for US involvement in the Vietnam War?

1965-75

What year did the first humans, American astronaut Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, walk on the moon?

1969

What country was established by exiled leaders of the Republic of China after they lost their civil war and the People’s Republic of China was established?

Taiwan

What president left America through the Cuban Missile Crises, started NASA’s moon program, and met with MLK after the march on Washington?

JFK

What president signed the Civil Rights Act, sent American soldiers to Vietnam, and launched the Great Society programs in an attempt to end poverty?

Lyndon Johnson

What president negotiated the peace talks in Vietnam, saw the US land on the moon, and resigned after the Watergate scandal?

Richard Nixon

What president oversaw the fall of S. Vietnam and pardoned his predecessor after his resignation?

Gerald Ford

What supreme court case ended segregation of public school and was a landmark decision that led to promote Civil Rights during the Eisenhower presidency?

Brown v. Board of Education

Which president de-segregated the Armed Forces after WWII?

Harry Truman

Where did the bus boycott take place beginning with Rosa Parks the catapulted MLK into national leadership of the Civil Rights Movement?

Montgomery, Alabama

What does the NAACP stand for?

National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People

What landmark piece of legislation outlawed discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex, or national origin?

Civil Right Act of 1964

What president sent federal troops to escort African American high school students into a formerly all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas and US marshalls to escort Ruby Bridges in New Orleans?

Dwight Eisenhower

What legislation prohibited discriminatory voting practices, such as literacy tests, and authorized federal oversights of elections in areas with a history of voter discrimination?

Voting Rights Act of 1965

When did MLK give his “I Have A Dream” Speech?

August 28 1963

What US Senator made accusations against members of the government and media as communist sympathizers and traitors sparking controversy and security investigations?

Joseph McCarthy

What year did the Soviet Union develop their own atomic bomb?

1949

What countries other than the US, Russia, UK, and China possess nuclear weapons today?

France, India, Pakistan, N. Korea, and Isreal

What international body was formed at the end of WWII in 1945 as a forum for diplomacy to promote peace and human rights?

The United Nations