Unit 8 Review

True or False:

Dwight D. Eisenhower didn't believe in Harry S. Truman's desire to contain communism.

• True

• False

Who was Eisenhower's Secretary of State that created a policy of Brinkmanship, or "massive retaliation"?

• John Dulles

• Richard Nixon

• John Kennedy

• Harry Truman

Who replaced Joseph Stalin as the Leader of the Soviet Union?

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Leo Trotsky

• Vladimir Putin

How did the United States respond to the Suez Crisis?

• They sided with Gamal Nasser and helped him during the attack.

• They sided with their allies and supported the attack.

• They sided with the Soviet Union in condemning the attack.

• They did nothing for fear of starting a war with the Soviet Union.

What was the name of the policy to contain communism from spreading into the middle east?

• Truman Doctrine

• Monroe Doctrine

• Khrushchev Doctrine

• Eisenhower Doctrine

At the end of WWII, what weapon did both the Soviets and Americans race into Germany to try and get?

• Jet Fighter Planes

• V-2 Rocket

• Atomic Bomb

• The Doodle Bug Rocket

What was the name of the first man in space? (HINT: Non-American)

• John Glenn

• Yuri Gagarin

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Neil Armstrong

Which American President pledged to put a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s?

• Richard Nixon

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Harry Truman

• John Kennedy

The thermonuclear bomb uses what process to release energy that is twice as much as an atomic bomb?

• Fission

• Fusion

• Concussion

• Kinetic

The acronym MAD coincides with the concept of nuclear deterrent. What does MAD stand for?

• Mothers Against Drugs

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Most Are Destroyed

• Mix Another Demo