Early Cold War & the 1950s

The space race between the US and Soviet Union began

• in 1957 with the Soviet launching of Sputnik

• in 1961 when Yuri Gagarin became the first human in outer space

• in 1969 when the US put the first man on the moon

• in 1949 when the Soviets tested their first atomic bomb

How did the US and Great Britain respond to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin?

• They formed NATO

• They implemented the Marshall Plan

• They began the Berlin Airlift

• They created the Warsaw Pact

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis

• Stalin

• Lenin

• Kennedy

• Khrushchev

President JFK responded to reports that the Soviet Union was constructing missile sites in Cuba by

• ordering a naval blockade of Cuba

• asking Congress to declare war on Cuba

• authorizing military strike on strategic targets in Cuba

• seeking UN approval for economic sanctions against Cuba

An impact of the Cold War on US education was a shift in the school curriculum to a focus on learning

• patriotism

• math and science

• physical education

• social skills

Invasion of Cuba on the southwestern coast by some 1,500 Cuban exiles opposed to Fidel Castro. The invasion was financed and directed by the U.S. government.

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• D-Day Invasion

• Havana Airlift

• Bay of Pigs

In what year did the US put a man on the moon?

• 1949

• 1957

• 1961

• 1969

What does e pluribus unum mean?

• God bless America

• In God we trust

• Out of many (colonies or states), One (nation).

• Give liberty or give me death

Who was Jonas Salk?

• Inventor of the polio vaccine.

• Inventor of the light bulb

• Inventor of the atomic bomb

• Inventor of the TV

Which quotation from President Truman offers a reason for US involvement in Korea following WWII?

• "The UN cannot fulfill adequately its own responsibilities until the peace settlements have been made"

• "Above all else, we want to keep the US prosperous and strong because we know that our prosperity is the best guarantee of peace."

• ""Communism has passed beyond the use of subversion and will now use armed invasion and war."

• "As a result of these tragic conditions, a militant minority, exploiting human want and misery, has made economic recovery impossible"