EOC Review #4

QUESTION #1 Who was in charge of investigating claims of communist activity in the government, armed forces, universities, and other areas of American life during the Second Red Scare in the late 1940s and early 1950s? (Select ONE)

• Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
• Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss
• House Un-American Activities Committee
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Activities

QUESTION #2 PART A: An excerpt from Senator Joseph McCarthy's speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, on February 9, 1950, is shown: "Ladies and gentlemen, can there be anyone tonight who is so blind as to say that the war is not on? Can there be anyone who fails to realize that the Communist world has said the time is now? ... that this is the time for the slow-down between the democratic Christian world and the Communist atheistic world? Unless we face this fact, we shall pay the price that must be paid by those who wait too long... ... As one of our outstanding historical figures once said, 'When a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be from enemies from without, but rather because of enemies from within."" - Senator Joseph McCarthy What was a reaction that Senator McCarthy's speech inspired among many Americans? (Select ONE)

• Fear of the spread of Communism inside the United States.
• Support for existing policies to address Communism in the United States
• Satisfaction that Americans would continue to fight Communism abroad.
• Anger over human rights violations that Communists were committing in other countries.

QUESTION #2 PART B: An excerpt from Senator Joseph McCarthy's speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, on February 9, 1950, is shown: "Ladies and gentlemen, can there be anyone tonight who is so blind as to say that the war is not on? Can there be anyone who fails to realize that the Communist world has said the time is now? ... that this is the time for the slow-down between the democratic Christian world and the Communist atheistic world? Unless we face this fact, we shall pay the price that must be paid by those who wait too long... ... As one of our outstanding historical figures once said, 'When a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be from enemies from without, but rather because of enemies from within."" - Senator Joseph McCarthy Select FIVE of the American government's responses about Communism that relate to the concerns expressed by Senator McCarthy in his speech. (Select FIVE that APPLY)

• Pursuing a Containment Policy.
• Engaging in the Vietnam War
• Blacklisting suspected Communists, especially in Hollywood.
• President Kennedy responding to Soviet Missiles being placed in Cuba.
• Conducting House Un-American Activities Committee investigations.

QUESTION #3 The United States was concerned about the spread of Communism throughout most of the 20th Century. Following World War I, suspected communists were persecuted in what was known as the Red Scare. A similar pattern pattern of persecution resurfaced after World War II. What was this development in the United States known as? (Select ONE)

• McCarthyism
• Progressivism
• the Marshall Plan
• the Counterculture Movement

QUESTION #4 The Korean Peninsula was taken from Japan at the end of World War II. The United States and Soviet Union clashed over how this territory should be governed. How did the ideological conflict between the Soviet Union and United States affect the division of the Korean Peninsula? (Select ONE)

• It increased the religious tensions, leading to a Buddhist North and the Christian South.
• It created a political conflict, leading a Communist-controlled North and an Anti-Communist South.
• It intensified ethnic conflict, leading to a North controlled China and a South controlled by Koreans.
• It created tensions over natural resources, leading to a mineral-rich North and an agriculturally-rich South.

QUESTION #5 The United States followed a policy of Containment during the Cold War with the Soviet Union. This policy would lead the United States into many conflicts to help stop the spread of Communism in the World. In the Korean Conflict (Korean War), which country did the United States side with? (Select ONE)

• The U.S. supported the overthrow of the Cuban Dictator, Fidel Castro, in the successful Bay of Pigs Invasion.
• As part of the United Nations, the U.S. fought to successfully "liberate South Korea" from the invasion by North Korea.
• The United States would fight alone in order to liberate South Korea from the invasion of North Korea.
• The U.S. would force the Soviet Union to remove missiles placed in Cuba.

QUESTION #6 PART A: From the Map of Indochina, 1959, how did the "Geneva Accords" impact Indochina? (Select ONE)

• Vietnam was divided at the 17th Parallel, creating a North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
• Vietnam was divided at the 38th Parallel, creating a North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
• Vietnam would become part of both Laos and Cambodia.
• The Geneva Accords (1954) recombined the Korean Peninsula into one Korea.

QUESTION #6 PART B: From the Map of Indochina, 1959, how did the "Ho Chi Minh Trail" impact the Vietnam War? (Select ONE)

• The "Ho Chi Minh Trail" was a supply route used by North Vietnam to resupply the Communist Vietcong forces in South Vietnam.
• The "Ho Chi Minh Trail" was the invasion route used by North Korea to invade South Korea in 1950.
• The "Ho Chi Minh Trail" was used by the United States to resupply the Communist Vietcong forces in South Vietnam.
• The "Ho Chi Minh Trail" was the invasion route by Communist Chinese forces in the Korean War.

QUESTION #7 PART A: After World War II, many groups fought for the goals that they believed would help them gain civil rights and equality. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) United Farmer Workers (UFW) American Indian Movement (AIM) National Organization for Women (NOW) IDENITFY: "End Racial Segregation"

• NAACP
• UFW
• AIM
• NOW

QUESTION #7 PART B: After World War II, many groups fought for the goals that they believed would help them gain civil rights and equality. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) United Farmer Workers (UFW) American Indian Movement (AIM) National Organization for Women (NOW) IDENITFY: "Protect American Indian land rights"

• NAACP
• UFW
• AIM
• NOW