HUAC & Arms Race

In response to being called "soft on Communism", President Truman investigated 3 million people under what program?

• Loyalty Review Board

• House Un-American Activities Committee

• Loyalty Rewards Program

• Central Intelligence Agency

What committee did Congress set up in order to look for Communists both inside and outside the government?

• House Unconstitutional Communist Activities

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• House Un-American Activities Committee

• House Un-American Active Communists

Why did the HUAC investigate Hollywood?

• the growing belief that communist pop culture was getting into films

• the growing belief that communist propaganda was getting into films

• the growing belief that communist paparazzi was getting into films

• the growing behemoth, the communist panda, was getting into the oil spill

The Hollywood Ten refused to testify and claimed that the hearings were

• Un-American

• codswallop

• communist

• unconstitutional

What were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg accused of?

• sharing secret information about Soviet activity in the U.S.

• sharing secret atomic bomb information with the Soviets

• sharing secret election information with the Soviets

• sharing Truman's secret about the penguin and the burrito

What sentence did the Rosenbergs receive?

• 
• death

• prison for life

• garbage duty

What is McCarthyism?

• accusing someone of destroying your communist clothing collection

• accusing someone of disloyalty without a court hearing

• accusing someone of disloyalty without producing evidence

• accusing someone of dying without producing evidence

What type of nuclear bomb is more powerful than the atomic bomb?

• oxygen bomb

• hydrogen bomb

• nitrogen bomb

• spirit bomb

What is an arms race?

• 100 meter dash where you can only use your arms like some kind of legless hyena

• a competition between nations for superiority in the development of technology

• a competition between nations for inferiority in the development and accumulation of weapons

• a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons

What is massive retaliation?

• a strategy in which a nation commits itself to retaliate in much greater force in the event of an attack

• a strategy in which a nation commits itself to retaliate in much weaker force in the event of an attack

• a strategy in which a nation commits itself to remain composed in the event of a surprise

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