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Grades 9 and 10 - World History - High School - Cold War: 1958-1961 - U2 Flights And The Berlin Wall
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Grades 9 and 10 - World History - High School - Cold War: 1958-1961 - U2 Flights And The Berlin Wall
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1. Which close associate of Fidel Castro hailed from Argentina and had trained as a doctor?
2. Who was the U2 pilot, who was captured and put on trial in 1960?
3. At which battle in 1961 were anti-Castro exiles forced back into the sea when they tried to invade the island?
4. Which Republican politician served as Eisenhower's Vise President from 1956 to 1960?
5. Which Soviet leader approved the wall's construction and promised to defend it with military force in 1961?
6. Who served as Kennedy's Vice-President from 1961?
7. How was the American U2 spy 'plane shot down over Soviet Russia in 1960?
8. Which US government agency co-operated closely with anti-Castro Cuban exiles attempting to invade the island in 1961?
9. Which East German leader ordered the building of a wall to divide West Berlin from the Eastern Soviet Sector?
10. Which pro-American dictator was forced into exile by Castro's success in taking over Cuba?

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