USHC 7.5 COLD WAR Part 2

USHC 7.5 COLD WAR Part 2

Multiple Choice

The launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union led to reforms in the United States in what area?

• civil rights

• labor laws

• missile development

• public education

Multiple Choice

The first man on the moon was

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Yuri Gagarin

• John Glenn

Multiple Choice

Why weren't nuclear weapons used during the Cold War

• The Domino Theory

• The Marshall Plan

• Strategic defensive initiative

• Mutually assured destruction

Multiple Choice

What happened at the Bay of Pigs?

• The Soviets attempted to install nuclear weapons in Haiti

• The Soviets invaded Hungary

• The US tried to overthrow the Cuban communist government

• A meeting in the Soviet Union to develop the Warsaw pact

Multiple Choice

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, What did President J.F. Kennedy do when he heard that the Soviet Union was constructing nuclear missile sites in Cuba?

• He launched a nuclear missile at the Kremlin in Moscow.

• He ordered a naval blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from bringing the necessary materials.

• He gave into the demands of the Soviet & Cuban government.

• He declared war on the Soviet Union & Cuba

Multiple Choice

This international organization took control of oil prices and oil supply in the 1970s

• OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

• World Trade Organization (WTO)

• International Petroleum Confederation

• International Monetary Fund (IMF)