06.05 The Cold War

Question: What has been the longest-lasting aspect of the tensions that arose between the U.S. and Cuba in the 1960s?

Answer: a U.S trade embargo

Question: Which statement explains why Cape Canaveral was chosen as a launch site for rockets?

Answer: It was a favorable geographic location for launches.

Question: What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer: The United States agreed to not invade Cuba, and the Soviets agreed to remove all missiles from Cuba.

Question: Which of the following is an action Castro took to decrease foreign influence on Cuba?

Answer: nationalized the sugar industry and forced citizens to farm

Question: The quote below was written in the mid 1900s:

“Surely no sane member of the human race could discover victory in such desolation.” —President Dwight Eisenhower.

What was President Eisenhower referring to with this statement?

Answer: prospect of a war using thermonuclear weapons

Question: What limits did the U.S., U.S.S.R, and Great Britain agree to regarding nuclear weapons testing in 1963?

Answer: testing could only occur underground

Question: What event was The Bay of Pigs invasion a response to?

Answer: Castro’s rise to power in Cuba

Question: Which of the following was not a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer: a large increase in the number of refugees from Cuba to the United States

Question: Which of the following was not a consequence of the launch of Sputnik 1?

Answer: beginning of spy-plane flights over Cuba

Question: Which event resulted in the greatest threat of nuclear war?

Answer: U.S. naval blockade of Cuba