Chp. 15 Postwar America Part B

The organization responsible for America's activity in space.

The first American to ENTER space.

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

The first American to ORBIT the earth.

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

Anti- segregation legislation that was going through the lawmaking process when Kennedy was assassinated

• Civil Rights Act

• Segregation Bill

• Anti-Discrimination Act

• Federal Rights Act

An evangelist in the 1950s who attracted huge crowds with his crusades to preach the gospel

• Billy Graham

• Billy Sunday

• Charles Spurgeon

• Dwight L. Moody

First artificial Earth satellite launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space.

The St. Lawerence Seaway was created by President Eisenhower to connect the ___________ Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.

This president authorized the building of a major interstate highway system across the United States in the Federal Aid Highway Act.

• Harry Truman

• Dwight Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• RIchard Nixon

An alliance made in 1949 between the U.S., Canada, and several European nations to provide military support for each other if attacked

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• North Asia Treaty Organization

• North America Trade Organization

• None of these

The policy that the U.S. would give economic and military aid to any country fighting against Communism was the ___________Doctrine.