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Who was the first person in space?
 
Yuri Gagarin
 
Alan Shephard
 
John Glenn
 
Neil Armstrong
How did the Space Race impact the US education system?
 
It led to an increased focus on science and math education
 
It decreased the importance of arts education
 
It eliminated the study of foreign languages
 
It had no impact on education
As a result of the Korean War...
 
Korea stayed divided along the 38th parallel
 
North and South Korea joined to form one democratic country
 
North and South Korean joined to form one communist country
 
The United States attacked N. Korea with atomic weapons
Which of the following would NOT be an example of the U.S. policy of containment?
 
The Apollo-Soyuz Mission
 
The Berlin Airlift
 
The Vietnam War
 
The Korean War
Which organization was formed to look for communists in America during the 1950s?
 
HUAC
 
The FBI
 
The CIA
 
Homeland Security
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were...
 
executed for passing secrets to the Soviet Union
 
American actors who were put on a blacklist
 
scientists who worked on the Apollo 11 spaceship
 
bank robbers who made millions of dollars during the 1950s
What event is considered the start of the space race between the US and Soviet Union?
 
The launch of Sputnik
 
Yuri Gagarin's spaceflight
 
The moon landing
 
The US launching of Ham (a chimp) into space
Who famously said, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” after landing on the Moon?
 
Neil Armstrong
 
Buzz Aldrin
 
Michael Collins
 
John Glenn
The period of improved relations between the U.S., USSR, and China during the 1970s - especially during the presidency of Richard Nixon
 
Detente
 
Containment
 
Brinkmanship
 
The Era of Good Feelings
A series of talks between the U.S. and USSR in 1972 and 1979 that aimed at limiting the amount of nuclear weapons each country had
 
SALT Talks
 
NATO Talks
 
Helsinki Talks
 
Berlin Talks
This is a jellied gasoline dropped in large canisters that explode on impact and cover large areas in flames; this was dropped by U.S. planes during the Vietnam War in order to destroy the jungle & expose Vietcong hideouts
 
Napalm
 
Agent Orange
 
Mustard Gas
 
DDT
A powerful herbicide that was used by U.S. military forces during the Vietnam War to eliminate forest cover and crops for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops.
 
Agent Orange
 
Napalm
 
Mustard Gas
 
DDT
In 1972, President ______ became the first U.S. President to visit Communist China
 
Nixon
 
Kennedy
 
Johnson
 
Reagan
These were the South Vietnamese communist rebels that waged a guerrilla war against the government of South Vietnam & American forces
 
The Viet Cong
 
The Hanoi Alliance
 
The Vietminh
 
Ho Chi Minh's Army
Military, economic, and political actions designed to stop the spread of Communism during the Cold War
 
Containment
 
Brinkmanship
 
Detente
 
Mutual Assured Destruction
This was the 1969 spaceflight that landed the first humans (American astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong & Michael Collins) on the moon
 
Apollo 11
 
Endeavor 1
 
Gemini 2
 
Spunik 13
The ____ Theory was the belief that if one Southeast Asian country fell to communism (like Vietnam), that neighboring countries (like Laos or Cambodia) would also turn to communism.
 
Domino
 
Brinkmanship
 
Containment
 
Detente
The widespread fear (1947 - 1957) that communists had infiltrated American society, culture & politics
 
The Red Scare
 
The Great Awakening
 
The Russian Invasion
 
The Communist Fright
Which country was split into communist and non-communist parts after World War II?
 
Germany
 
France
 
Italy
 
Poland
What was the purpose of the Berlin Airlift in 1948-1949?
 
To provide humanitarian aid (food, medicine) to West Berlin
 
To evacuate citizens from East Berlin
 
To deliver military supplies (guns, tanks) to West Berlin
 
To transport East German refugees to West Germany
What event marked the official end of the Cold War in 1991?
 
The fall of the Berlin Wall
 
The end of the Korean War
 
The Apollo-Soyuz mission
 
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
What event in 1962 brought the world to the brink of nuclear war?
 
The Cuban Missile Crisis
 
The Korean War
 
The Vietnam War
 
The Berlin Airlift
Who were the main participants in the Cold War?
The US & Soviet Union (USSR)
What was the main cause of the Cold War?
 
Capitalism vs. Communism
 
Territorial disputes
 
Religious differences
 
Economic competition
The Cold War lasted from about _____ to roughly _____.
 
1945 to 1991
 
1963 to 1990
 
1939 - 1945
 
1938 - 1989
In the early 1960s, the Soviet Union placed missiles in...
 
Cuba
 
Turkey
 
Germany
 
Haiti
During the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the United States tried to overthrow Fidel Castro in...
 
Cuba
 
Mexico
 
Nicaragua
 
Spain
In 1961, the Soviet Union constructed the ____ to prevent people from leaving the area under their control
 
Berlin Wall
 
Iron Curtain
 
Soviet Barrier
 
German Partition
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