US History

Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?

• Membership in the U.S. Communist Party increased

• U.S. citizens were arrested for being suspected communists

• Recruitment procedures for the U.S. military branches were reformed

• U.S. diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely

Senator Joseph McCarthy is best known for his involvement in

• the war effort of the 1940s

• the Red Scare of the 1950s

• the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s

• the political scandals of the 1970s

Which of the following was a direct result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik1?

• The US began a period of technology sharing with the USSR

• The US Gov't founded a Fed. Agency dedicated to space exploration

• The USSR was unable to collect images of the US from space

• The USSR collapsed because of economic competition

The launch of Sputnik I intensified Cold War tensions and caused the -

• United States to increase spending on technology and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union

• Soviet Union to move missiles and warships to Cuba in order to threaten the United States

• United States to send troops and aid to East Berlin to free it from Soviet control

• Soviet Union to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace were violated

Which of the following is most characteristic of the Cold War?

• The growth of nuclear arsenals in the United States and the Soviet Union

• The expansion of national borders by imperialistic European countries

• The implementation of isolationist foreign policies in Great Britain and China

• The rapid industrialization of many Southeast Asian countries

Jobs such as the ones described in this 1956 advertisement became available because --

• federal law required private businesses to recruit for the military

• weak college programs had produced few scientists qualified for  high-level research

• Cold War defense programs had spurred technological innovation

• most U.S. Citizens opposed the development of   atomic weapons

In this excerpt, McCarthy is attempting to incite fear about -

• Japanese Americans confined in internment camps.

• organizers of the Civil Rights movement.

• accomplices in the Watergate scandal.

• members of the Communist Party in government positions.

Which group later investigated the political ideology and actions of many people associated with this film?

• The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

• The Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services

• The House Un-American Activities Committee

• The Motion Picture Association of America

The changes described in this list contributed most directly to –

• A decline in home ownership rates

• A rise in the number of business failures

• A decrease in federal employment opportunities

• An increase in consumer spending

The trends in this list all occurred as result of -

• an increase in immigration after World War II

• the creation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development

• reductions in peacetime defense spending

• economic prosperity following World War II