3.05 Seeing Red

True or False: Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury and spent the rest of his life trying to clear his name.

• True

• False

Which country tested an atom bomb soon after the war's end?

• United States

• United Kingdom

• Russia

• France

Who led the group known as the Nationalists in China?

• Chiang Kai-shek

• Mao Zedong

• Sun Yat-sen

• Deng Xiaoping

What was the common enemy of the Chinese communists and Nationalists during the Second World War?

• Japan

• Germany

• Italy

• Soviet Union

What was the significance of the 38th Parallel in the context of the Korean War? It marked the division line between North and South Korea.

• It marked the division line between North and South Korea.

• It represented the frontline for communist expansion.

• It was established solely as a symbolic boundary.

• It served as a demilitarized zone separating the two regions.

Who was the leader of North Korea during the Korean War?

• Kim Il Sung

• Pak Pong Ju

• Kim Jong Il

• Kim Jong Un

The countries involved in the Korean War are:

• North Korea, South Korea, China, and the United States

• Only North Korea and South Korea

• Only China and the United States

• None of the above

The reaction of the United States when North Korea's army entered South Korea was:

• It provided strong diplomatic and military support to South Korea.

• It remained neutral.

• It sided with North Korea.

• It expressed concern but did not intervene.

True or False: The Korean War was a test for the world community and for Truman and his policy of containing communism.

• True

• False

Based on the passage, the 'red scare' of 1919 and 1920 was a period of widespread fear of communist revolution.

• A period of widespread fear of communist revolution.

• A movement advocating red political policies.

• An economic policy crisis.

• A temporary political scandal.