CW- Korean War, Arms/Space Race, McCarthyism, HUAC

These were the opposing superpowers during the Cold War years

• China and Russia
• Cuba and Russia
• USA and Russia
• Iran and Russia

Select the best cause and effect relationship that describes the Korean War--

• Threat of Communism spreading --> Communism is contained to North Korea
• Threat of Communism spreading --> Communism infiltrates South Korea
• Threat of Democracy spreading --> Communism leaves Korean Peninsula
• Threat of Democracy spreading --> Communism spreads to China

What event happened in 1949 to strengthen the threat of Communism spreading in Asia?

• Russia falls to Communism
• China falls to Communism
• The Arms Race begins
• Sputnik is launched

Which event, in 1957, led the US to create the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA), which increasing educational funding in math and science--

• the launch of a Soviet nuclear missile

• the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik

• the passage of the Space Race Act

• the Soviet mission to the moon

During the Cold War, the fear of Communism infiltrating the US and McCarthyism both contributed to the--

• Red Fever
• Domino Theory
• Red Scare
• Red Army

Where was Korea divided?

• 18 parallel
• 34 parallel
• 38 parallel
• 15 parallel

What was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?

• Gagarin
• Apollo 11
• Sputnik
• Apollo 13

I was a senator in the 1950s.
I wanted to find Communists in the US.
My work was part of the Red Scare.
My ideas became unpopular.
Who am I?

• Henry Ford
• Charles Lindbergh
• Joseph McCarthy
• General Eisenhower

What organization was created by Congress to hunt for communist spies?

• Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA)
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• House Un-American Activites Commitee (HUAC)

A competition between nations to build powerful weapons is called ___________.

• Arms Race
• Blockade
• Space Race
• Atomic Bomb