The Cold War

What year did the USSR test their first atomic bomb?

• 1945

• 1949

• 1950

• 1953

An arms race is a

• contest between 2 nations to create bigger and more destructive weapons

• competition to see how can do the most bicep curls

• contest to see who can make it to the moon first

• demand to remove all weapons from a military stockpile

Which Asian country was dealing with a civil war right after WWII ended?

• Japan

• Vietnam

• China

• Korea

Who's the leader of the Chinese communists?

• Chiang Kai-Shek

• Mao Zedong

China becomes a communist nation in 1949.

• True

• False

As more countries around the world adopt communism, Americans at home are paranoid and petrified. This leads to

• World War III

• the Second Red Scare

• Armageddon

• a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union

HUAC stands for

• Helping Us Attack Communism

• HUnting Angry Communists

• House UnAmerican Activities Committee

• Headquarters for UnAfraid Capitalists

HUAC was in charge of

• organizing militias to fight communism in Europe

• executing anyone who spoke negatively about the situation in Germany

• helping Soviet spies stay undercover in the U.S.

• investigating government agencies and Hollywood for communist infiltration

In the 1950s, which industry concerned the government most with the possibility of creating communist propaganda?

• military

• movie

• shopping

• telephone

Which famous actor was put on the "blacklist" in 1948, after living and working in the U.S. for more than 40 years?

• Arthur Miller

• Charlie Chaplin

• Marilyn Monroe

• James Dean