Unit 4 Test

This American president was criticized for “losing China” to communism because he paid too much attention to the threat of communism in Europe:

• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Harry S. Truman
• Richard Nixon
• John F. Kennedy

This American origination was set up to "spy" on other nations and gather intelligence around the world

• KGB
• CIA
• NSA
• FBI

This was the location of General MacArthur's brilliant surprise attack that shifted the momentum of the Korean War sharply in September of 1950:

• Yalu river

• Inchon

• Seoul
• Pyongyang

This man took over for General MacArthur in Korea when he was fired by Truman

• General Dwight D. Eisenhower
• General Douglas MacArthur
• General Matthew Ridgway
• General George S. Patton

This organization (formed in 1945) was designed to prevent any future wars

• United Nations
• World Health Organization
• European Union
• NATO

This respected newsman during the “Red Scare” period was one of the only public figures to take on Senator Joseph McCarthy

• Edward R. Murrow
• Tom Brokaw
• Dan Rather
• Walter Cronkite

This group was investigated the death of President Kennedy and determined it was a lone gunman --> not a conspiracy

• DEA

• CIA
• FBI
• Warren Commission

9. Period of paranoia that Communists may be lurking everywhere in American life during the 1950s
   
   

• Red Menace
• Red Scare
• Cold War Panic
• Communist Hysteria

tensions between the U.S. and the USSR after World War II is known as the _____

• Cool War
• Warm War
• Cold War
• Hot War

Who was Senator Joe McCarthy and how did he impact the Cold war?

• Senator Joe McCarthy was a Soviet spy who leaked classified information to the USSR during the Cold War.
• Senator Joe McCarthy was an American politician who investigated alleged communist infiltration in the United States government

• Senator Joe McCarthy was a peace advocate who worked towards ending the Cold War.
• Senator Joe McCarthy was a military general who led the United States in the Cold War against the Soviet Union.