Arms Race
These people gave the Soviet Union information on how to build a bomb.
Who are spies?
This objects' "beep" caused panic in the United States.
What is Sputnik?
The reason why America was particularly concerned about events in Cuba.
What is proximity/short distance?
Cuban revolutionary turned communisit dictator.
Who is Fidel Castro?
In space, no one could hear her bark.
Who was Laika?
Reaction in which two or more nuclei are split.
What is nuclear fission?
Concern that America was falling behind led to the government pushing these subjects in schools.
What are math and science?
What are Soviet missiles/Russian nukes?
American President who stared down Russia and encouraged Americans to go to the Moon "not because it is easy...but because it is hahd."
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Another name for fusion bombs.
What are H-bombs/Hydrogen bombs/thermonuclear weapons?
Reaction in which two or more nuclei are combined.
What is nuclear fusion?
Nation who won two out of three rounds in the Space Race.
What is Russia/The Soviet Union?
Location from which the launch of missiles on Cuba could be controlled.
What is Russia?
First man to orbit the Earth.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
What is Israel?
This possibility could make the "no nukes" crowd angry.
What is "mutually assured destruction" (MAD)?
US Government agency created to catch up with, and eventually beat, the Russians.
What is NASA?
Action taken by President Kennedy in response to the presence of Soviet Missiles on Cuba.
What is a blockade/threat of retaliation?
American whose small step was a giant leap for humanity.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
Name of the spacecraft which carried Gagarin into orbit.
What was Vostok I?
Submarines, ICBMs, Strategic Bombers.
What is the "nuclear triad"?
Mission which successfully landed on the Moon.
What is Apollo 11?
Promise made to the Soviet Union in exchange for their removal of missiles from Cuba.
What is no invasion of Cuba/removal of American missiles from Turkey?
Cuban president who was overthrown by Castro.
Who is Bautista?
Object which the United States accidentally launched into space.
What is a manhole cover?