Cold War Key Dates

Question 1

When was the first Atomic Bomb dropped?

Answer 1

August 6th 1945

Question 2

When was the Berlin Blockade?

Answer 2

June 1948-Sept 1949

Question 3

When was the first Soviet A-Bomb?

Answer 3

1949

Question 4

When was the first thermomtculer device(hydrogen bomb) tested?

Answer 4

1950-USA Marshall Islands

Question 5

What occurred during 1950-53 which affected US and Soviet relations?

Answer 5

The Korean War

Question 6

When did the Hungarian Revolution occur?

Answer 6

23rd October- 11th November 1956

Question 7

1957 was the year that marked the begging of the…

Answer 7

Space Race- Soviets launched Sputnik into space

Question 8

When was the war of Vietnam?

Answer 8

1959-75

Question 9

Who took over Cuba in January 1959?

Answer 9

Fidel Castro

Question 10

What happened in April 1961?

Answer 10

Bay of Pigs

Question 11

August 17th,1961 marked the begging of construction of what?

Answer 11

THE BIG BERLIN WALL

Question 12

1962 marked the increase of US Support in which war?

Answer 12

Vietnam

Question 13

The Cuban Missel Crisis was over what days?

Answer 13

13 Days- October 16th-29th, 1962

Question 14

The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was ratified in what year?

Answer 14

July 1963

Question 15

November 22nd was the date of death for which influential figure?

Answer 15

JFK- Dallas, Texas, 1963

Question 16

What two key events happened in 1964?

Answer 16

-Gulf of Tonkin
-Chinese development of the A-Bomb

Question 17

How many troops where announced in 1965 to go fight in Vietnam?

Answer 17

200,000

Question 18

What key event took place in 1968?

Answer 18

Prague Spring

Question 19

July 20th 1969 marked the end of what?

Answer 19

The Space Race- Apollo 11 lands on the moon

Question 20

Which war got involved in the Vietnam War in 1970?

Answer 20

Cambodia

Question 21

What treaty was signed in July 1972?

Answer 21

SALT I

Question 22

What US President resigned in August 1974?

Answer 22

Richard Nixon

Question 23

April 17th marked the end of what?

Answer 23

The Vietnam war as South Vietnam falls to communism.

Question 24

What four key events occurred in 1979?

Answer 24

-U.S. and China establish diplomatic relations
-SALT II signed
-Shan of Iran overthrown; Iranian Hostage Crisis
-Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Question 25

What period of time ended in 1979.

Answer 25

Detente

Question 26

1980 marked the begging of which independent movement in Eastern Europe?

Answer 26

Solidarity in Poland.

Question 27

Ronald Reagan proposed what idea in 1983?

Answer 27

Strategic Defensive Initiative(SDI)- "Star Wars"

Question 28

Micheal Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union in 1985 and started two ideas. What were they?

Answer 28

Openness-"Glasnost." Restructuring-"Perestroika."

Question 29

1989 marked the withdrawal of Soviet troops from which country?

Answer 29

Afghanistan

Question 30

When did Poland become independent?

Answer 30

June 1989

Question 31

When did Hungary become independent?

Answer 31

Sept. 1989

Question 32

November 1989 marked the fall of what?

Answer 32

The Berlin War

Question 33

In December what communist governments fell?

Answer 33

Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Romania

Question 34

What was the year of 1989 also known as?

Answer 34

"The Year of Miracles"

Question 35

Which states became independent in 1990?

Answer 35

The Baltic States(Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia)

Question 36

Germany was reunited when?

Answer 36

October 3rd- 1990

Question 37

December 1991 was the fall of what?

Answer 37

The Soviet Union- End of the Cold War