Ch 17- Kennedy/ Cuba/ Space Race Flashcards
What was the US scared of
ICBMs
What does ICBM stand for
Inter continental Ballistic Missile
What was the most common missile in the 1950s
V2 rocket
What was the first official satellite
Sputnik 1
How long did Sputnik last
About 3 months
What was the US first satellite
Explorer 1
What did the US do to education
Put money in to education for science and math
What act put 1 billion dollars for college loans, scholarships, and scientific equipment for public and private schools
National Defense Education Act (1958)
What does NASA stand for
National aeronautics and space administration
What act formed NASA
National aeronautics and space act
Who was the first man in space
Yuri Gagarin
Who was the second man in space
Alan Shepard
Who goes against each other in the presidential debate
Richard Nixon and John F Kennedy
Why did Nixon look bad on TV
Hit his nee kind bad, declined makeup, looked pale. Keenest was orange so he looked tan on TV
What challenge did Keenedy wanna do
Put the first Ann on the moon
What was kennedys first foreign crisis
Fidel Castro overthrew the US- backed dictator Fulgencio batista took over cuba
Who did Castor make ties with
The Soviet Union
What was the plan to get back Cuba
Take over Cuba and oust Fidel Castor
What does the CIA stand for
Central intelligentsia agency
Who was the cia training
A group of Cuban exiles in Guatemala
What would the Cuban exiles do
Go into the bay of pigs and overthrow the government
What actually happened to the bay of pigs invasion
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
What did the Cuban exiles ask for
Help from American bombers— Kennedy says no
What does a US spy plane capture
Photos of Soviet missel based on Cuba
How far away were the missile bases
90 miles from the US
What was the standoff between the two powers become known as
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Why did the Soviet Union say about where the put their lil missiles
To counter US missiles in Turkey
What does Kennedy decide to do about the Cuba missiles
A blockade. The baby encircled Cuba
Did the Soviets respond to the blockade
Yea. The Soviets turned their ships back
What did Khrushchevs letter to the us say
He would remove the missiles in Cuba if the us ended the quarantine and remove the missiles in turkey
What did the US and ussr establish
A hotline connection to communicate quickly in the event of a further crisis
What did the limited test ban do
Banned nuclear testing above the ground
Who was jfk assasinated by
Lee Harvey Oswald
What building was jfk killed by
Texas school book nepository
Who killed lee Harvey Oswald
Jack ruby
Why did jack ruby say he killed lee Harvey Oswald
To redeem Dallas and spare Jacqueline Kennedy the ordeal of a trial
