Cold War/Civil Rights Test

Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis one of the MOST important events of John Kennedy’s presidency?

• The US almost started a war with Cuba.
• The US and the Soviet Union had closest approach to a nuclear war.

• The US landed a person on the moon.
• The USSR broke apart into nation-states.

What does the ‘Iron Curtain’ symbolize? 

• The border between East Germany and West Germany

• The border between East Berlin and West Berlin

• The border between communist Europe and noncommunist Europe 

• The border between North Korea and South Korea

Who were the two participants in the Space Race?

• The US and Cuba
• The Soviet Union and USA

• China and US
• US and North Vietnam

What was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?

• Gagarin
• Sputnik
• Apollo 11
• Apollo 13

This type of government is ran by the people.

• Socialism
• Communism
• Democracy
• Government

This is a type of government where the government has complete control of the country. 

• Communism
• Socialism
• Democracy
• Government

The Cold War was mostly a competition between the United States and

• Great Britian
• Korea
• Soviet Union
• Germany

The United States sent troops to Vietnam
_________.

• to stop the spread of communism
• as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis
• to set up a capitalist goverment
• because they bombed us

What were the results of the Korean War?

• The two sections of Korea reunited
• North Korea & South Korea remained divided
• The Soviet Union took control of both sections of Korea
• China set up a communist government

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

• allow children to work.
• to pay black people less than white people.
• to return a slave.
• to segregate schools.