Ch 17- Kennedy/ Cuba/ Space Race

Question 1

What was the US scared of

Answer 1

ICBMs

Question 2

What does ICBM stand for

Answer 2

Inter continental Ballistic Missile

Question 3

What was the most common missile in the 1950s

Answer 3

V2 rocket

Question 4

What was the first official satellite

Answer 4

Sputnik 1

Question 5

How long did Sputnik last

Answer 5

About 3 months

Question 6

What was the US first satellite

Answer 6

Explorer 1

Question 7

What did the US do to education

Answer 7

Put money in to education for science and math

Question 8

What act put 1 billion dollars for college loans, scholarships, and scientific equipment for public and private schools

Answer 8

National Defense Education Act (1958)

Question 9

What does NASA stand for

Answer 9

National aeronautics and space administration

Question 10

What act formed NASA

Answer 10

National aeronautics and space act

Question 11

Who was the first man in space

Answer 11

Yuri Gagarin

Question 12

Who was the second man in space

Answer 12

Alan Shepard

Question 13

Who goes against each other in the presidential debate

Answer 13

Richard Nixon and John F Kennedy

Question 14

Why did Nixon look bad on TV

Answer 14

Hit his nee kind bad, declined makeup, looked pale. Keenest was orange so he looked tan on TV

Question 15

What challenge did Keenedy wanna do

Answer 15

Put the first Ann on the moon

Question 16

What was kennedys first foreign crisis

Answer 16

Fidel Castro overthrew the US- backed dictator Fulgencio batista took over cuba

Question 17

Who did Castor make ties with

Answer 17

The Soviet Union

Question 18

What was the plan to get back Cuba

Answer 18

Take over Cuba and oust Fidel Castor

Question 19

What does the CIA stand for

Answer 19

Central intelligentsia agency

Question 20

Who was the cia training

Answer 20

A group of Cuban exiles in Guatemala

Question 21

What would the Cuban exiles do

Answer 21

Go into the bay of pigs and overthrow the government

Question 22

What actually happened to the bay of pigs invasion

Answer 22

The Cuban exiles piloted American bombers and bombed airfields and the US navy and air force helped to land the exiles. They pretty much all died

Question 23

What did the Cuban exiles ask for

Answer 23

Help from American bombers— Kennedy says no

Question 24

What does a US spy plane capture

Answer 24

Photos of Soviet missel based on Cuba

Question 25

How far away were the missile bases

Answer 25

90 miles from the US

Question 26

What was the standoff between the two powers become known as

Answer 26

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 27

Why did the Soviet Union say about where the put their lil missiles

Answer 27

To counter US missiles in Turkey

Question 28

What does Kennedy decide to do about the Cuba missiles

Answer 28

A blockade. The baby encircled Cuba

Question 29

Did the Soviets respond to the blockade

Answer 29

Yea. The Soviets turned their ships back

Question 30

What did Khrushchevs letter to the us say

Answer 30

He would remove the missiles in Cuba if the us ended the quarantine and remove the missiles in turkey

Question 31

What did the US and ussr establish

Answer 31

A hotline connection to communicate quickly in the event of a further crisis

Question 32

What did the limited test ban do

Answer 32

Banned nuclear testing above the ground

Question 33

Who was jfk assasinated by

Answer 33

Lee Harvey Oswald

Question 34

What building was jfk killed by

Answer 34

Texas school book nepository

Question 35

Who killed lee Harvey Oswald

Answer 35

Jack ruby

Question 36

Why did jack ruby say he killed lee Harvey Oswald

Answer 36

To redeem Dallas and spare Jacqueline Kennedy the ordeal of a trial