Do Now - Alt 50s Culture Economy

Do Now - Alt 50s Culture Economy

11th Grade

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Do Now - Alt 50s Culture Economy

Do Now - Alt 50s Culture Economy

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Pick the THREE best answers:

The 1957 Soviet launch of Sputnik led to:

The start of the Space Race

The start of the Arms Race

A massive increase in funding for math and science education in the US

Movement of American families to the Great Plains

The creation of NASA

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This American Cold War policy was meant to prevent a nuclear war but led to a massive build up of nuclear arms in the US and the USSR:

Truman Doctrine

Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)

Homestead Act

Containment

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The widespread fear of communist revolution in the US is known as...

The Dust Bowl

The Great Depression

The Roaring 20s

The Red Scare

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was the House Un-American Activities Committee created during the 1950s?

To take down Harambe

To ensure the wellness of the country

To investigate disloyalty, and unusual behavior in citizens and employees

To immediately respond to a Soviet nuclear threat with war.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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McCarthyism was what?

a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.