Sputnik

Name the first man-made satellite

(a)  

Why were Americans frightened when they heard about the two Sputniks?

• They realized that the Soviets had better space technology.

• They thought that the Soviets might use satellites to carry weapons to the USA.

• President Nixon knew the USA's position of power was in jeopardy.

• They knew the Soviets had perfected the bomb and were planning to use it.

What did the second satellite, Sputnik II, have on board?

• Pig

• Dog

• Rooster

• Hamster

WHAT STARTED THE SPACE RACE ?  

• SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED  SPUTNIK 

• UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED NASA

• THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM

• 1ST FEMALE COSMONAUT LAUNCHED INTO SPACE

What event increased U.S. spending on education and technology?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• establishment of the Warsaw Pact

• Soviet launching of a space satellite Sputnik

• the Communist takeover of Eastern Europe

What event sent Americans into a panic and led to increased U.S. spending on education and technology?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• establishment of the Warsaw Pact

• Soviet launching of a space satellite Sputnik

• the Communist takeover of Eastern Europe

During the Cold War, how did the U.S. government respond to the launch of Sputnik I by the Soviet Union?

• By initiating the Apollo program to land a man on the moon

• By creating NASA and increasing investment in space technology

• By dismissing the significance of satellite technology

• By forming an alliance with European countries to develop a joint space program

What event increased U.S. spending on education and technology?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• establishment of the Warsaw Pact

• Soviet launching of a space satellite Sputnik

• the Communist takeover of Eastern Europe

What was the response to the launch of Sputnik in 1957?

• decreased military spending

• greater investment in education

• Less spending on the space race

• Returning to isolationism

Sputnik concerned leaders in the United States because:

• It was an agreement between the USSR and Cuba that placed nuclear missiles within 90 miles of the U.S.

• It was a Soviet satellite that signaled that the US was far behind the Soviets in education.

• It was a submarine that U.S. ships were defenseless against.

• It was a bomb ten times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Japan.