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US9 : Cold War tensions

Authored by Shannon Linebarger

History

11th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What event in 1957 ignited the United States-Soviet space race?

The testing of an atomic device by the Soviet Union

The first manned Mercury mission

The launch of Sputnik I

The creation of NASA

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes the term 'McCarthyism'?

The investigation of subversive activities by HUAC

The creation of the National Defense Education Act

The efforts to identify and accuse communists in the US

The race to build the most powerful military forces

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main focus of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in the mid-1940s?

Building bomb shelters

Creating the National Defense Education Act

Searching for communists in the United States

Investigating the Soviet space program

4.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Arms race between the U. S. and the Soviet Union involved both countries building and stockpiling as many ​ (a)   as possible.

atomic weapons
houses
warships
fighter jets

5.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

3 mins • 4 pts

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Truman Doctrine

,

(b) Marshall Plan

,

(c) containment

,

(d) domino theory

the idea that the fall of one country to communism will trigger the fall of others

stop the spread of communism

promote economic recovery and stability in Western Europe

provide assistance to any country wishing to fight off communism

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