Unit 8, Day 5

Unit 8, Day 5 Cold War ​

​Objectives:

US.2B - Explain the significance of the following years as turning points: 1898 (Spanish-American War), 1914-1918 (World War I), 1929 (the Great Depression begins), 1939-1945 (World War II), 1957 (Sputnik launch ignites U.S.-Soviet space race), 1968 (Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination), 1969 (U.S. lands on the moon), 1991 (Cold War ends), 2001 (terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and the Pentagon), and 2008 (election of first black president, Barack Obama).
US.8B - Describe how Cold War tensions were intensified by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), McCarthyism, the arms race, and the space race.​
US.17C - Describe the economic impact of defense spending on the business cycle and education priorities from 1945 to the 1990s.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is most characteristic of the Cold War?

• F

• G

• H

• J

Multiple Choice

During the 1950s the federal government funded educational initiatives in math and science in response to -

• A

• B

• C

• D