The Cold War at Home (in the USA)

The Cold War at Home (in the USA)

9th Grade

25 Qs

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The Cold War at Home (in the USA)

The Cold War at Home (in the USA)

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History

9th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.11-12.4C, L.6.4C, L.7.4C

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Cold War was a conflict between what two countries?
(These countries fought with ideas, words, and money)

The United States and France
The United States and Germany
Japan and Italy
The United States and the Soviet Union

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Soviet Union believed in what political and economic system? (This system allows the government to control businesses and land.)

Isolationalism
Communism
Capitalism
Militarism

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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)

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The House on Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

Protested racial segregation in the armed forces.
Investigated disloyalty and harmful foreign influences in the United States. 
Investigated U.S. involvement in the Korean War and its lack of progress towards victory.
Tried to deport all foreigners or Un-American peo

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The couple that was executed for spying and allegedly passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union were the                  

Hiss’s
Greenglass’s
Rosenberg’s
Chamber’s

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

When the Space Race began in 1961, which of the following would have been an accurate headline in the
newspaper?

"America Impresses Soviets by Sending Man to Space"
"Soviets Shock America by Becoming the First to Send a Satellite to Space"
"America and the Soviet Union Work Together to Send a Man to Space"
"America and the Soviet Union Agree to Abandon Space Programs"

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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Group of motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who were mostly blacklisted for failing to cooperate with anti-communist investigations.

Hollywood Ten 
Joseph McCarthy
Warsaw Pact
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

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