The Cold War Quiz

What was the U.S.'s response to the U.S.S.R.'s development of their own atomic bomb?

• Economic sanctions

• Massive retaliation

• Increased military force

• Diplomatic negotiations

What was the purpose of the U.S.'s 'massive retaliation' strategy?

• To encourage international cooperation

• To promote peaceful coexistence

• To threaten the U.S.S.R. with nuclear weapons

• To build up a large military force

What event in 1957 prompted the U.S. to realize they were falling behind the Russians in space technology?

• The signing of a space technology agreement

• The launch of the first artificial satellite

• The successful moon landing

• The establishment of a space research center

What was the purpose of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?

• To protect civil liberties

• To promote Communist sympathies

• To encourage political dissent

• To investigate un-American activities

Who led the hunt for communists in America in the 1950s?

• Joseph McCarthy

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Winston Churchill

• Joseph Stalin

What tactic was used by Senator Joseph McCarthy to destroy a person's reputation without evidence?

• Loyalty Review

• Blacklisting

• McCarthyism

• Red Scare

What were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg charged with?

• Espionage against the U.S.A.

• Espionage against the U.S.S.R.

• Selling national secrets to the U.S.S.R.

• Selling national secrets to the U.S.A.

What would be the reaction of the American people upon the discovery of the 1957 Russian satellite Sputnik?

• Excited and proud
• Indifferent and unconcerned
• Happy and celebratory
• suspicious and concerned

What were the purpose of House of Un-​ american activities committee?​ ​ ​ (a)   ​

• to investigate suspicious individuals
• to help develop Americanization classes
• to help foreigners become more american

The US development of an ______________ _____________ would usher in a new era where __________weapons would be at the forefront of the _____________Race.