Eisenhower, Cold War, Nuclear Fears

Multiple Choice

What is brinksmanship?

• A policy of peaceful coexistence between rival nations

• A practice where one or both parties push the interaction to the threshold of confrontation to gain an advantageous position

• A diplomatic strategy focused solely on economic sanctions

• A negotiation technique where parties avoid confrontation

Multiple Choice

What did the 'Duck and Cover' instructions aim to provide?

• A method for protecting oneself from a nuclear explosion

• Guidance on avoiding military conscription

• A way to protest nuclear weapons

• Instructions for building a fallout shelter

Multiple Choice

WHAT STARTED THE SPACE RACE ?  

• SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED  SPUTNIK 
• UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED NASA
• THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM
• 1ST FEMALE COSMONAUT LAUNCHED INTO SPACE

Multiple Choice

Who was the first person to travel to space and successfully return to Earth?

• Yuri Gagarin

• Alan Shepherd

• John Glenn

• Neal Armstrong

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Multiple Choice

What was the concept of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) meant to prevent?

• Direct military conflict between the US and the Soviet Union

• The formation of military alliances

• The spread of communism

• Economic sanctions

Multiple Choice

What did the construction of fallout shelters symbolize?

• Economic prosperity

• Urban development

• The perceived threat of nuclear conflict

• Technological advancement

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Ticket out the door: In one or two words, share which thing we learned today was most shocking, surprising, or strange.