1950s-1960s Cold War

The fear of communism spreading:

• Red Scare

• Containment

• Nativism

• Democratic Whiplash

Although he won many military achievements, Truman fired this general during the Korean War:

• Patton

• MacArthur

• Eisenhower

• Stalin

In 1957, the USSR successfully launched this satellite into space:

• Hubble Telescope

• Gemini 2

• Apollo 11

• Sputnik

Which presidential election witnessed the first, live television debates between Nixon and Kennedy?

• Election of 1956

• Election of 1960

• Election of 1952

• Election of 1964

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

• Yuri Gagarin

• Alan Shepherd

• John Glenn

• Neal Armstrong

Who was the 1st person from the United States to travel to space and successfully return to Earth?

• John Glenn

• Yuri Gagarin

• Neal Armstrong

• Alan Shepherd

What "politically tense" event began in 1962 when the U.S. discovered that the USSR had placed ICBM missile sites in Cuba?

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Laika disaster

• U-2 incident

What was the name of John F. Kennedy's political programs to encourage cultural growth and economic improvement?

• New Frontier

• Great Society

• New Deal

• Square Deal

Which married couple was accused, tried, and executed for selling nuclear secrets to the USSR?

• Fred and Wilma Flintstone

• George and Jane Jetson

• Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

• Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt

In 1956, John Dulles said the U.S. was willing to risk war in order to state our interests/goals. What did the U.S. call this policy of pushing close to the edge of war?

• Space Race

• Brinkmanship

• Containment