WorksheetsJFK + the Cold War
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Some historians argue that the invention of _____ helped JFK to win the very close election of 1960.
radio
sonar
television
satellites
Soviet missiles found here almost caused World War III.
Cuba
Turkey
East Berlin
Dominican Republican
The Berlin Wall was built around ____.
communist, West Berlin
the border between Berlin and Munich
democratic, West Berlin
the railways go into East Berlin
The purpose of the Berlin Wall was to _____.
encourage East Germans to move to West Berlin
counteract the Berlin Airlift
recruit more communists to the democratic cause in West Berlin
Prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin
The successful launch and orbit of Sputnik I by the Soviet Union in the 1950s prompted ____ in the 1960s.
Need to employ Nazis scientists to keep them from working for the Soviets
The establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the increase of funding for science and mathematics in schools
United States' desire to develop a space station orbiting the Earth
Increased global tension and insecurity due to the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Leon Trotsky
Vladmir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Who was the leader of the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
Why didn't Kennedy want to attack Cuba once the missiles were discovered?
fear of war
fear of communism in the US
fear of putting European allies in danger
fear of losing re-election
What was the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The ambassadors from both countries came to an agreement to remove missiles from the countries each were concerned about
Kennedy lifted the blockade but Cuba still had missiles on it
Khrushchev decided to remove missiles from Cuba to get the blockade lifted without talking to the US first, as an act of good faith
