The Cold War

The launch of Sputnik led to concerns in the United States because

• it seemed like the Soviets were winning the space race

• it signified the failure of massive retaliation

• Americans believed tensions had eased after the Suez Canal

• Sputnik had military capabilities

As a result of Sputnik the federal government devoted resources to

• landing on the moon by the end of 1950

• creating a stronger missile defense system

• improving science and technology education

• training astronauts for manned space missions

Sputnik provided the impetus for

• US spy flights over the Soviet Union

• Eisenhower's decision to seek peace with Krushchev

• the establishment of the CIA

• the creation of NASA

Military and political officials in the US were frightened by this photo because

• it showed Soviet missiles were pointing at the US ninety miles away

• a nuclear accident in Cuba would be harmful to the US

• they opposed Soviet intervention in the Western hemisphere

• the US promised not to invade Cuba after the Bay of Pigs

JFK ultimately chose to deal with the missile crisis by

• invading Cuba before the missiles were active

• negotiating with Castro to remove the missiles

• requesting a NATO strike against Soviet satellites

• quarantining Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from reaching the island

The compromise that ended the Cuban missile Crisis was

• The Soviets removed the missiles from Cuba with the promise that the US would evacuate forces from West Berlin

• the Soviets removed the missiles from Cuba and the US would remove missiles from Turkey

• The Soviets removed the missiles from Cuba with the US promising that it would not invade Cuba

• the Soviets kept the missiles in Cuba with the promise never to return

Churchill's use of the term "iron curtain" indicated that

• the difference between Eastern and Western Europe created a barrier

• the Soviet Union built a structure separating Eastern and Western Europe

• nations that opposed each other in World War II were unable to compromise after the war

• partitioning Germany was a mistake

Churchill's call for military strength led to

• unanimous support for increased military spending in the US

• a return to WWII-era military production

• the development of new and increasingly dangerous weapons

• a movement to go to war with the Soviet Union

The United States' participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was significant because

• it was the first time the US joined a peacetime alliance

• it led to an arms reduction agreement with the Soviet Union

• the US joined forces with Poland

• NATO vowed to free Europe from Soviet control

The creature in this poster represents

• the danger posed by Nazi Germany

• the widespread impact of WWII

• nations that required the UN's protection

• the expansion of communism