10 cold war events

Question 1

Berlin Airlift

Answer 1

1948 to 1949-
Major US victory w/o a shot fired
countered the blockade imposed by the Soviet regime and got supplies to West Berlin

Question 2

USSR Detonated their first atomic weapon

Answer 2

1949
A nuclear weapon explosive device

Question 3

Korean War

Answer 3

1950 to 1953
US troops occupied the southern part of Korea, and soviet troops occupied the northern part of Korea, split korea in 2

Question 4

Sputnik

Answer 4

1957
The Soviet Union launched 1st satellite into space

Question 5

Berlin Wall constructed

Answer 5

1961
Barrier that separated Berlin’s communist party. Separated East and West Germany. Divided families and killed those who tried to cross

Question 6

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 6

1962
The Soviet Union began to secretly install missiles in Cuba to launch attacks on US cities
Almost started nuclear war

Question 7

Vietnam War active US involvement

Answer 7

1965 to 1973
A war between North and South Vietnam- severely damaged US econ.

Question 8

moon landing

Answer 8

1969
Apollo II First Landed Humans on the moon, US got ahead in the space race

Question 9

Nixon visits China

Answer 9

1972
He visited to gain more leverage over relations with the Soviet Union, first time China was in accords with the US

Question 10

fall of the Berlin Wall

Answer 10

1989
Spokesman for East Berlin’s Communist Party announced a change in his city’s relations with the West, families saw each other for the first time in decades and allowed trade and communication to start again