1950's and 1960's Technologies SS5H6.d

Which of these events took place FIRST?

• launch of Sputnik I

• U.S. lands on the moon

• NASA begins Project Mercury

• Soviets launch permanent space station

Which statement BEST describes an effect television has had on society?

• Fewer wars have been fought because countries communicate better.

• People across the country are more likely to share a common culture.

• Viewers have fewer choices for entertainment than they have had before television.

• People tend to communicate better with family members since television was invented.

Which event caused American schools to place a greater emphasis science and math courses in the 1950s and 60s?

• the Korean War

• the Space Race

• the Vietnam War

• the Cuban Missile Crisis

Which industry grew quickly in the 1960s after the United States began their space exploration program? (Which one of these would have helped NASA in the 60s?)

• car

• computer

• internet

• telephone

-computers

-heat resistant materials

-breathing systems for fire fighters

-food growing technologies

Improvements in all of the items in this list were FIRST made possible by:

• space exploration

• internet providers

• religious institutions

• automobile manufacturers

-Neil Armstrong

-Buzz Aldrin

-Michael Collins

These famous Americans are MOST closely associated with

• the U@ incident

• the Cuban Missile Crisis

• the Bay of Pigs Invasion

• the Apollo 11 moon landing

How did television impact the Civil Rights movement?

• Networks were forced to hire African Americans

• Television commercials supported civil rights laws

• Some television shows were boycotted by civil rights groups

• It increased awareness of the movement by showing important events.

Which decade saw the development of television and the beginnings of the space race?

• the 1930s

• the 1950

• the 1960s

• the 1980s

What event FIRST motivated Americans' interest in space exploration?

• The Soviet Union threatened to bomb the United States.

• School programs began teaching about space exploration.

• NASA was created to aid in space research and exploration.

• The Soviet Union successfully launched the first satellite, Sputnik I, into space.

Television became common in American homes from the mid-late twentieth century. How did television change the way Americans received information?

• They were able to see and hear about things happening in the world outside their homes.

• Newspapers were no longer delivered to homes because people only received news form television.

• Television news reporters did not have internet, so most of the information they reported was false.

• People no longer read books, newspapers, or magazines because they preferred to hear stories and information from television.