Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cold War led the U.S. to challenge the Soviets in space exploration and were successful in getting ______________________ to become the first man to orbit the earth.

• John F. Kennedy

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

A benefit of space technology is the use of satellites that have increased accuracy of weather predictions.

• True

• False

The abolition of poll taxes as a requirement to vote was passed in the _________________________.

• 21nd Amendment

• 22nd Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

• 24th Amendment

The U.S. were successful in getting the first man to walk on the ______________ in 1969.

• Sun

• Moon

• Mars

• Saturn

__________________________ was the youngest to become President when elected in 1960.

• Harry Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

A special committee created in Congress known as _________________ investigated possible communist in Hollywood.

• Palmer Raids

• Nativists

• House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

• Knights of Labor

As a result of ________________________ in WWI the war dragged on without any movement.

• Trench Warfare

• Submarine Warfare

• Tank Warfare

• Aerial Warfare

The U.S. was the first country to use the atomic bomb that led to the start of the Cold War in 1945.

• True

• False

The collapse of the U.S. economy in the 1930’s led to an increase of home foreclosure since many became unemployed.

• True

• False

Encouraged discrimination is to the Chinese Exclusion Act

    As prevented discrimination is to the ________

• New Dealllll

• Women

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Berlin Airlift