Cold War

In this excerpt, McCarthy is attempting to incite fear about--

• Japanese Americans confined in internment camps

• organizers of the Civil Rights movement

• accomplices in the Watergate Scandal

• members of the Communist Party in government positions

Which of the following is most characteristic of the Cold War?

• the growth of nuclear arsenals in the US and the Soviet Union

• the expansion of national borders by imperialistic European countries

• the implementation of isolationist foreign policies in Great Britain and China

• the rapid industrialization of many Southeast Asian countries

Which Soviet action led to the threat illustrated on this map?

• The signing of an arms limitations treaty

• Blockading foreign supply ships from entering the Caribbean

• Closing the border between East and West Berlin

• The placement of nuclear weapons installations in Cuba

Which action explains the differences shown in these photographs?

• the US gave economic assistance through the Marshall Plan

• the US and the Soviet Union created an alliance after WWII

• US leaders created the United Nations

• the Soviet Union established the "Iron Curtain" after WWII

The committee mentioned in this statement was investigating suspected members of the --

• Communist Party

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Flying Tigers

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

• US to increase spending on technology and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union

• Soviet Union to move missiles and warships to Cuba in order to threaten the US

• US to send troops and aid to East Berlin to free it from Soviet control

• Soviet Union to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace were violated

What prompted the House un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to target the "Hollywood Ten"?

• Support for American isolationism in the years leading up to WWII

• Increased political pressure from racial groups regarding civil rights legislation

• Growing anxiety related to the economic effects of the Great Depression

• Fear of communist infiltration within the American entertainment industry

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

The Korean War was an effort by the US to --

• keep its economy strong by maintaining wartime activities

• secure additional Asian trading post

• carry out its policy of containing the spread of communism

• extend the principles of the Marshall Plan to Asia

Which statement correctly completed this time line?

• the Allied powers divide Germany and Berlin into 4 sectors

• German citizens vote to reunite East and West Germany

• the US and Great Britain airlift supplies to West Berlin

• the United Nations sends troops into Eastern Europe