The Cold War at Home

The Cold War at Home

11th Grade

8 Qs

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The Cold War at Home

The Cold War at Home

Assessment

Quiz

History

11th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.8.9, RL.7.9

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Aaron Gomez

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8 questions

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1.

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

2.

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

3.

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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I the 1950's Senator Joseph McCarthy won national attention when he...
Was convicted as a spy.
Claimed hundreds of government employees were communists.
Helped Eisenhower become president.
Went to Korea and said atomic weapons should be used to break the stalemate.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Alger Hiss was convicted of which of the following?
Perjury
Espionage
Contempt of Congress
Treason

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Joseph McCarthy lost his political influence and support after which event?
The Rosenberg Trials
The 205 government officials on his list were found innocent
The Army-McCarthy Trials
He accused Eisenhower of being a communist

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The "Red Scare" means
People were afraid of the color red.
People thought Red's were friends. 
People were afraid of Communists. 
People were afraid of Democrats. 

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CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.9