Race For Arms
The H-Bomb has a force of how much TNT.
A. 50 Tons
B. 100, 300 Tons
C. 1,000,000 Tons
C. 1,000,000 Tons
True Or False
In 1945 the CIA took covert actions in Guatemala.
False
In 1954 the CIA took covert actions in Guatemala.
What country sent the first satellite into space?
The Soviet Union
What is massive retaliation?
If a country attacked the United States they would retaliate at great amounts more.
What is the snowman’s name in Frozen?
Which country made the first H-Bomb on November 1, 1952?
United States
Eisenhower believed that Guatemala's government had what sympathies because it gave more that 200,000 acres of American land to peasants?
Communist
What NASA program successfully sent astronauts into space?
Apollo
What is the military alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern European Communist countries?
Warsaw Pact
What is the “Iron Lady”?
The Eiffel Tower
Arms Race
This U.S. military alliance was formed in 1949 to counter Soviet power in Europe.
NATO
What big military battle was happening during the space race?
The Cold War
What is the U-2 incident?
An American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union
What fruit keeps doctors away if eaten daily?
Apples
True or False
The United States trimmed the army and navy to make more soldiers for the air force.
True
Who gave the Harry Doctrine speech to stop the spread of communism?
Harry Truman
What animal orbited earth on Sputnik 2?
A Dog
Who is Francis Gary Powers?
The pilot of the U-2 incident
Who was the Mesopotamian ruler that created one of the earliest known legal codes, inscribed on a stele in cuneiform script?
Hammurabi
Who developed a foreign policy for the United States using massive retaliation which was used to deter the Soviet Union from launching a nuclear attack?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
This wall was made in 1961, and split Germany into two parts, Communist and Democratic.
The Berlin Wall
What was the phrase Neil Armstrong said upon stepping foot on the moon?
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
What is brinksmanship?
A country pushes the opposing side to the brink of collapse
Who was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom?
Margaret Thatcher