Cold War Quiz 3

TEKS 2B: What was the most significant result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik?

• U.S. military troops were deployed to Korea.

• The United States ended its involvement in the Vietnam War.

• A space race between the United States and the Soviet Union began.

• The U.S. government implemented the Marshall Plan.

TEKS 2B: Which of the following was a direct result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik 1?

• The United States began a period of technology sharing with the Soviet Union.

• The U.S. government founded a federal agency dedicated to space exploration.

• The Soviet Union was unable to collect images of the United States from space.

• The Soviet government collapsed because of economic competition.

TEKS 8B, 29B: The committee mentioned in this statement was investigating suspected members of the —

• Communist Party

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Flying Tigers

TEKS 8B: What prompted the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to target the “Hollywood Ten”?

• Support for American isolationism in the years leading up to World War II

• Increased political pressure from racial groups regarding civil rights legislation

• Growing anxiety related to the economic effects of the Great Depression

• Fear of communist infiltration within the American entertainment industry

TEKS 8B: The launch of Sputnik I intensified Cold War tensions and caused the —

• United States to increase spending on technology and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union

• Soviet Union to move missiles and warships to Cuba in order to threaten the United States

• United States to send troops and aid to East Berlin to free it from Soviet control

• Soviet Union to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace were violated

TEKS 8B, 29B: In this excerpt, McCarthy is attempting to incite fear about —

• Japanese Americans confined in internment camps

• organizers of the Civil Rights movement

• accomplices in the Watergate scandal

• members of the Communist Party in government positions

TEKS 8B: Which of the following is most characteristic of the Cold War?

• The growth of nuclear arsenals in the United States and the Soviet Union

• The expansion of national borders by imperialistic European countries

• The implementation of isolationist foreign policies in Great Britain and China

• The rapid industrialization of many Southeast Asian countries

TEKS 8B: Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?

• Membership in the U.S. Communist Party increased.

• U.S. citizens were arrested for being suspected communists.

• Recruitment procedures for the U.S. military branches were reformed.

• U.S. diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely.

TEKS 8B, 29B: Which group later investigated the political ideology and actions of many people associated with this film?

• The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

• The Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services

• The House Un-American Activities Committee

• The Motion Picture Association of America

TEKS 8B: Senator Joseph McCarthy is best known for his involvement in —

• the war effort of the 1940s

• the Red Scare of the 1950s

• the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s

• the political scandals of the 1970s