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Question 1

What was the biggest LEGITIMATE concern Americans had once Sputnik was launched?

Accepted Answer

Sputnik showed that the Soviets were in the "lead"

Question 2

The US launched its first satellite in 1958, which was the first to detect the Van Allen belts.

Accepted Answer

Explorer

Question 3

US strategy to stop the spread of Communism abroad.

Accepted Answer

Containment

Question 4

During the Korean War, UN forces turned the tide of the war after their successful landing at:

Accepted Answer

Inchon

Question 5

Appeared before HUAC, but refused to answer questions

Accepted Answer

Hollywood Ten

Question 6

Why did President Truman fire General Douglas MacArthur?

Accepted Answer

MacArthur challenged Truman's authority in public

Question 7

Last American to walk on the moon?

Accepted Answer

Gene Cernan

Question 8

What was the responsibility of HUAC?

Accepted Answer

Investigate communists threats

Question 9

First man to walk on the moon?

Accepted Answer

None of the answers are correct

Question 10

US space program to put a man into space:

Accepted Answer

Project Mercury

Question 11

President of South Korea’s Republic of Korea

Accepted Answer

Syngman Rhee

Question 12

The staggering number of casualties in the final two months of the Korean War showed that

Accepted Answer

both sides were willing to fight for any small piece of land

Question 13

Which University is known as the "Cradle of Astronauts"?

Accepted Answer

Purdue

Question 14

Who was the "leader" throughout much of the Space Race?

Accepted Answer

Soviets

Question 15

During the Korean War, UN forces were nearly trapped by North Korea in this coastal city?

Accepted Answer

Pusan

Question 16

Which country sent troops to the aid of North Korea and helped push back UN forces.

Accepted Answer

China

Question 17

First American to ORBIT the Earth?

Accepted Answer

John Glenn

Question 18

The concept of massive retaliation was:

Accepted Answer

US pledge to use overwhelming force to settle conflicts.

Question 19

A military alliance formed by US in 1948

Accepted Answer

NATO

Question 20

Led the Chinese Communists

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong

Question 21

Which Apollo mission nearly failed after an explosion but the crew used the moon to return home

Accepted Answer

Apollo 13

Question 22

Current leader of North Korea

Accepted Answer

Kim Jong Un

Question 23

Who was Joseph McCarthy?

Accepted Answer

Anti-Communist Senator

Question 24

How did Stalin spread communism in Eastern Europe?

Accepted Answer

He killed or jailed political opponents

Question 25

Name the character below, and also give what the name of his cartoon was called.

Accepted Answer

Bert; Duck and Cover

Question 26

US space program to put a man on the moon:

Accepted Answer

Apollo Program

Question 27

What kept the U.S. economy strong after World War II?

Accepted Answer

Demand for consumer goods rose sharply

Question 28

What was the idea behind the Marshall Plan?

Accepted Answer

Rebuild Western Europe

Question 29

Inventor of the Polio vaccine

Accepted Answer

Jonas Salk

Question 30

Initial leader of North Korea

Accepted Answer

Kim Il Sung

Question 31

How did the hydrogen bomb differ from the atomic bomb?

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen bomb was more destructive than the atomic bomb

Question 32

Which Apollo mission was the first to land on the moon?

Accepted Answer

Apollo 11

Question 33

Promised the US would provide assistance to all democratic nations to fight communist uprisings

Accepted Answer

Truman Doctrine

Question 34

First American to go on Space Walk?

Accepted Answer

Ed White

Question 35

Laika was the first organism put into space by the Soviets, what kind of animal was Laika?

Accepted Answer

Dog

Question 36

Which university is famous for having the first and last man to walk on the moon as graduates?

Accepted Answer

the greatest University in the world, Purdue, Mr. Ruffer's alma mater

Question 37

Symbolic representation of a sharp division in Europe

Accepted Answer

Iron Curtain

Question 38

Korea was divided along the __________ following WWII.

Accepted Answer

38th parallel

Question 39

Which Apollo mission killed 3 astronauts when a fire broke out?

Accepted Answer

Apollo 1

Question 40

Which of the following gov't agencies encouraged Americans to build bomb shelters?

Accepted Answer

FCDA

Question 41

Which term can be described as trying to push the Soviets to the edge of war?

Accepted Answer

Brinkmanship

Question 42

Which US President was known as the “Father of the Interstate Highway System?”

Accepted Answer

Eisenhower

Question 43

Who were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg?

Accepted Answer

Convicted Spies

Question 44

Which country was put in charge of North Korea following WWII?

Accepted Answer

USSR

Question 45

US space program to have an American complete a space walk:

Accepted Answer

Project Gemini

Question 46

"Model" Community of inexpensive homes built in the suburbs starting in 1947.

Accepted Answer

Levittown

Question 47

Which government agency was put in charge of the US space exploration program in 1958?

Accepted Answer

NASA

Question 48

Why did the United States not share the atomic bomb with the Soviet Union during World War II?

Accepted Answer

US did not trust the Soviet Union

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