Cold War At Its Height Quiz

The map shows Korea after World War II. The map makes it clear that after World War II, Korea was a

The Korean War began in 1950 when the

In what way did the political situation in Vietnam resemble that of Korea in the 1950s?

The arms race meant that once the United States built hydrogen bombs,

Read the passage from a speech on Vietnam given by President Nixon in 1969. "For the future of peace, precipitate withdrawal would thus be a disaster of immense magnitude. —A nation cannot remain great if it betrays its allied and lets down its friends. —Our defeat and humiliation in South Vietnam without question would promote recklessness in the councils of those great powers who have not yet abandoned their goals of world conquest. —This would spark violence wherever our commitments help maintain the peace—in the Middle East, in Berlin, eventually even in the Western Hemisphere . . . For these reasons, I rejected the recommendation that I should end the war by immediately withdrawing all of our forces." —President Richard Nixon Address to the nation Nov. 3, 1969 What foreign policy direction does the President say the United States should follow?

The two superpowers that opposed each other during the Cold War were the United States and

Which country launched the first satellite into outer space?

Which Cold War event happened last?

In which way did the Vietnam War and the Korean War end differently?

Intercontinental ballistic missiles made it possible for a country possessing them to