Space Race & Cuban Missile Crisis Epps

The increasing hostility and conflicts between the US & Russia.

• World War 2

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Cold War

• NATO

Western European countries joined with the US & Canada in this alliance.

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• The Space Race

• Star Wars

Who was the first to put a satellite into space?

• USAs

• USSR

Who was the first human in space?

• John Kennedy

• Yuri Gagarin

• Francis Gary Powers

• Neil Armstrong

The first animal to go into orbit.

• A monkey

• A dog

• A cat

• A penguin

In May 1960, what type of plane was captured by the Russians

• A U-2 plane

• A KC135 plane

• A bi-plane

• A MiG-21 plane

He became the new Communist dictator of Cuba.

• Kim il sung

• Kim il jong

• Joseph Stalin

• Fidel Castro

The US. supported which dictator of Cuba

• Fidel Castro

• Fulgencio Batista

• Joseph Stalin

• Kim il jong

Which event was an embarrassment for the United States

• Vietnam War

• Bay of Pigs

• Korean War

• Chinese War

Who became dictator after Joseph Stalin ?

• Khrushchev

• Gary Powers

• Fidel Castro

• John Kennedy