Races
Soviet Union and United States
Winner of 1960 Election: Kennedy or Nixon
Kennedy
Describe the Berlin Airlift
Us flying in supplies and dropping them to people of Germany around the Soviets
Soviet dictator during World War II and the Cold War
Josef Stalin
US policy that was our plan against Communism
Containment
why did we start NASA
Soviets launched Sputnik
True or False: Thomas Dewey upset Truman in the election of 1948
False
Veterans returning from World War II got money for schooling, careers, or housing
GI Bill
Five Star General that was President during the 1950's
Eisenhower
Former Ally of the US that turned to Communism during the Cold War
China
Event that brought us closest to nuclear war
Cuban Missile Crisis
How many terms did Eisenhower serve for
2, 8 years
Goal of the UN vs Goal of NATO
UN- Peace, NATO- stop the Soviet Attack
Leader of Communist China
Chairman MAO
Most popular music type of 1950's, name one star from this age
Rock and Roll, Elvis
What did the US test in 1952 that was more dangerous than the atomic bomb
Hydrogen Bomb
Explain the difference between the popular vote and the electoral vote
I will judge
The giving of economic aid to western European countries after WWII; what was the purpose of it?
Marshall Plan, to bribe them into not being Communist
Failed invasion of Cuba to overthrow dictator of Cuba, what is his name
Bay of Pigs, Fidel Castro
Result of the Korean War
Stalemate, 38th parallel
Russia had the first satellite in space called _____, America landed on the moon with what mission
Vice President of Eisenhower;
Vice President of JFK
Richard nixon, LBJ
2 names for the Soviet Union
Kremlin, USSR
Won Civil Rights with defending MLK jr, won TV debate by appealing to crowd, young man
Most visited US national park
Great Smokey Mountains