The Cold War and the Space Race - Page 2

Questions
  • The U.S. policy of "containment'' aimed to contain what?
  • What effect did the Soviet Union's sending a man into space in 1961 have on President Kennedy?
  • What was the purpose of the Apollo program?
  • Why do you think most Americans went along with Eisenhower's conservative approach to domestic policy?
  • How did the GI Bill of Rights affect veterans and the U.S. economy?
  • What is the nuclear arms race?
  • U.S. policy towards the Soviets was influenced by a series of crises that erupted in the spring and summer of 1946, beginning where?
  • During which event was the world closest to nuclear war during the Cold War?
  • The period of time during the 1920s when there was a fear of Communism growing in the United States was known as what?
  • The cold war was between the United States and what country?
  • What is The Truman Doctrine? Please explain briefly, thanks?
  • What was the Truman Doctrine? Why did some oppose this strategy?
  • George Marshall said his plan was "Directed against hunger. poverty, desparation and chaos". So why did the USSR refuse Marshall Aid?
  • How did the Truman Doctrine affect the Cold War?
  • What effect did détente have on Soviet-U.S. relations?
  • What was Nixon's "Southern strategy"?
  • Do America ever have a communist leader?
  • What was an effect of the Termination Policy?
  • What was President Eisenhower's stated policy for deterring a Soviet nuclear strike?
  • After his reelection in 1948, who or what kept Truman from enacting any significant initiatives that were part of his Fair Deal?