CS 23: U.S. in the Nuclear Age

WHAT STARTED THE SPACE RACE ?

• SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED SPUTNIK I

• UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED NASA

• THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM

• 1ST FEMALE COSMONAUT LAUNCHED INTO SPACE

WHAT DOES NASA  STAND FOR ?  

• NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
• NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION FOR SPACE AND AIR EXPLORATION
• NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SPACE AND AIR TRAVEL 
• NAUTICAL ADMINISTRATION AND SPACE TRAVEL

Which of the following is evidence for the US winning the space race?

• US LAUNCHED THEIR OWN SATELLITE

• USSR LAUNCHED A FEMALE ASTRONAUT INTO SPACE

• NEIL ARMSTRONG TOOK THE FIRST STEPS ON THE MOON

• JOHN GLENN ORBITED THE EARTH

WHICH PRESIDENT WAS COMMITTED TO SENDING A MAN TO THE MOON ?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Joseph Stalin

Why was America worried about Russia's satellite launch?

• They thought that if Russia could launcha a satelite into space, then they could send a nuclear missile at the US

• They thought the satellite was really a nuclear bomb

• They thought that Russian spies had stolen American satellite secrets

• They thought Russia would use the satellite to spy on America

The frenzy of interest in the US Space Program was further encouraged by the new medium of ____________.

• radio

• internet

• television

• satellite imagery

• space toys

Which of the following statements best explains Kennedy's role in the Space Race?

• He dropped an atomic bomb on Google because NASA wanted to be the first Chinese man to research cheese.

• He made it America's personal goal to put a man on the moon before the USSR.

• He funded NASA's goal of developing space stations on Mars for research.

• He asked Congress to approve the building of Sputnik 1.

How did news of the Soviet's 1st successful nuclear bomb test impact Americans?

• Fear led many young Americans to volunteer for military service.

• Paranoia about Soviet spies led to witch hunts for suspected communists.

• Prosperity of the post war period led to an increase in consumer spending.

The Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to build and stockpile nuclear bombs in order to maintain the largest nuclear arsenal is known as -

• the arms race.

• the space race.

• the bomb race.

Under President Eisenhower, US foreign policy shifted from one of containing the spread of communism to --

• one of isolationism and withdrawing from Cold War competition.

• one of brinkmanship bringing the US to the edge of another world war.

• one of pacifism seeking to avoid a global conflict by promising to de-arm.