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America in the Cold War Briggeman

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Question 1

1.

What happened to China after WW2?

A.   It became a democratic republic.

B.   It became an absolute  monarchy.

C.   It became a communist country with a dictator.

D.   It fell into anarchy and split into three new democratic nations.

Question 2

2.

Why was the "loss" of China to communism seen as a crushing defeat?

Question 3

3.

Which is the best explanation of U.S. involvement in the Korean War?

President Truman wanted to unify Korea into one nation. 

General MacArthur had a plan to ovethrow Communist China. 

Americans felt Korea was beyond the boundaries of U.S. containment policy. 

American leaders felt it was important to resist Communist aggrssion. 

Question 4

4.

What country invaded Korea once the UN troops came close to their border?

Japan

China

Mongolia

Cuba

Question 5

5.

Along what parallel line was Korea split?

28th

35th

38th

49th

Question 6

6.

North Korea is ruled by what type of government?

Communist

Democracy

Monarchy

Republic

Question 7

7.

In what year did the Soviets first explode an atomic bomb?

A  1948

B  1949

C  1950

D  1951

Question 8

8.

How did the Soviets obtain US nuclear secrets that led to the building of the bomb?

A  the US sold the secrets to the USSR

B  it was developed by a Soviet team working with the US Manhattan Project

C  from Klaus Fuchs, a German-born physicist who passed them on to the Soviets

D  from J Robert Oppenheimer, who passed the information along to them

Question 9

9.

How did the US react to the Soviet nuclear test?

A  by building the hydrogen bomb, thought to be hundreds of times more powerful

B  threatening war against the USSR

C  establishing diplomatic relations with China, the Soviet Union's enemy in Asia

D  restoring diplomatic relations with the USSR to resolve differences

Question 10

10.

The US successfully tested the first hydrogen bomb in 1952. How soon afterward did the Soviets test theirs?

A  1953

B  1954

C  1955

D  1956

Question 11

11.

The successful launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 sparked-

the Cold War with the United States

Soviet aggression in Eastern Europe

disarmament discussions between the Superpowers

American fears that the Soviets had achieved technological superiority

Question 12

12.

Who was the 1st person to walk on the moon?

Yuri Gagarin

John Glenn

Neil Armstrong 

Ed White

Question 13

13.

True or False: The United States won the Space Race.

True

False 

Question 14

14.

What was the Truman Loyalty Program

Loyalty oaths for government employees who had a past connection to communism

A benefits program for all government employees

A rewards program for shopping at US-friendly stores

A reward for reporting communist sympathizers

Question 15

15.

What did the HUAC do?

Investigated suspected Communists in the position of influence.

Enforced food standards across the United States

Investigated possible governmental corruption.

Advocated for civil rights

Question 16

16.

Which statement best describes the primary focus of the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950's?

Question 17

17.

What were the Rosenburg's suspected of doing?

Breaking into the White House

Passing on atomic secrets to the USSR

Creating communists propaganda

Spying on the USSR for the US

Question 18

18.

The term "McCarthysim" is sometimes used to describe-

removing members of Congress for abuses of power

investigating civil service employees for corruption

using illegal means to obtain evidence in criminal trials

accusing people of subversive activities without sufficient evidence

Question 19

19.

What US Senator used gossip and hearsay to accuse people of being communists and against the government?

Daniel Webster

John McCain

Joseph McCarthy

Daniel Webster

Question 20

20.

Who were the Hollywood 10?

Famous Hollywood actors who created a list of communists

Members of the film industry who were suspected communists and convicted of perjury.

Hollywood actors who supported the Korean War.

Actors who protested the Korean war by refusing to work.