WorksheetsCold War Kennedy and Eisenhower
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The Space Race started when
both the Soviets and Americans decided to put a man on the moon
Yuri Gagarin walked on the moon and Kennedy warned communism was better
the Soviets put a man in space first and communism seemed superior
the Soviets and Americans worked together to begin building a space station
Eisenhower’s belief that the threat of nuclear weapons could deter the spread of communism was known as
massive retaliation
containment
appeasement
flexible response
Pushing the Soviets to the edge of war and then forcing them to back down was known as
appeasement
massive retaliation
brinkmanship
Ping Pong diplomacy
“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”
What did Kennedy mean when he said those words?
Kennedy felt World War 3 was coming so he was warning Stalin
Kennedy was telling Vietnam that they had to become a democracy
the U.S. would not follow any United Nations’ policy regarding communism
he wanted to help countries become democratic in order to stop communism
Kennedy’s policy of flexible response included
the creation of NASA and the CIA to spy on the Soviets
the building of the Berlin Wall to protect West Berlin
the creation of special forces units to fight the spread of communism
threatening the use of nuclear weapons to contain the Soviets
The Cuban Missile Crisis began when
the Soviets invaded Cuba and created a communist government
the Bay of Pigs invasion failed
a Soviet missile was accidentally fired from Cuba
the U.S. photographed the Soviets building nuclear missile launchers in Cuba
To end the Cuban Missile Crisis Kennedy secretly promised to
remove U.S. nuclear weapons from Turkey
allow the Soviets to keep missiles in Cuba
allow the Soviets to keep the Berlin Wall standing
remove all U.S. weapons from Europe
Why was the Space Race a major part of the Cold War?
It enabled the Soviets to build more nuclear weapons
Controlling space would enable a country to threaten the other
It was used to see whether Communism or Democracy was better
We did not want Communism on the moon
The 1st man on the moon was
Jack Kennedy
Neil Armstrong
Yuri Gagarin
Khrushchev
Why was the Berlin Wall built
to keep people from leaving Communist area as makes Communism look bad
to stop the Americans putting a man on the moon
to replace the Iron Curtain
to stop the US from invading Cuba
