Review US History TEST Topic 7

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What was a direct result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik 1?

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The US Gov't founded a Fed. Agency dedicated to space exploration

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The launch of Sputnik I intensified Cold War tensions and caused the -

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United States to increase spending on technology and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union

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What is most characteristic of the Cold War?

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The growth of nuclear arsenals in the United States and the Soviet Union

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During the 1950s, why did the federal government fund educational initiatives in math and science?

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The successful launch of the first artificial satellite.

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Jobs such as the ones described in this 1956 advertisement became available because --

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Cold War defense programs had spurred technological innovation

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In this excerpt, McCarthy is attempting to incite fear about -
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1. Japanese Americans confined in internment camps.
2. Organizers of the Civil Rights movement.
3. Accomplices in the Watergate scandal.
4. Members of the Communist Party in government positions.

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Members of the Communist Party in government positions.

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Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?

• Membership in the U.S. Communist Party increased
• U.S. citizens were arrested for being suspected communists
• Recruitment procedures for the U.S. military branches were reformed
• U.S. diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely

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U.S. citizens were arrested for being suspected communists

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Which group later investigated the political ideology and actions of many people associated with this film? Options: The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations , The Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services , The House Un-American Activities Committee , The Motion Picture Association of America

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The House Un-American Activities Committee

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Senator Joseph McCarthy is best known for his involvement in: the war effort of the 1940s, the Red Scare of the 1950s, the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, the political scandals of the 1970s

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the Red Scare of the 1950s

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Which numbered pair of phrases best completes this diagram? Options: (1) Increased urban decay; (2) Increased leisure time, (1) Increased demand for housing; (2) Increased deforestation, (1) Increased demand for automobiles; (2) Increased labor union membership, (1) Increased immigration; (2) Increased racial tension

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(1) Increased demand for housing; (2) Increased deforestation