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18-3 and 18-4 The Cold War at Home and 2 Nations on Edge

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was accused of being Communist and were blacklisted in the film industry?

a)

Julius Rosenberg

b)

Ethel Rosenberg

c)

Alger Hiss

d)

Hollywood Ten

2.

Who was accused by Whitaker Chambers of spying for the Soviet Union and was convicted of perjury?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Alger Hiss

c)

Joseph McCarthy

d)

FDR

3.

Who was convicted and executed for passing atomic bomb secrets to the Soviets?

a)

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

b)

The Hollywood Ten

c)

Joseph McCarthyism

d)

Alger Hiss

4.

Which agency sought out Communists by conducting investigations without necessarily regarding people's civil rights?

a)

CIA

b)

HUAC

c)

UN

d)

NATO

5.

Who played on the public's fear of communism in the US by accusing people of being communist--even accusing the Army of having Communist connections?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Joseph McCarthy

c)

Douglas MacArthur

d)

Mao Zedong

6.

What was the name of the policy by which the US threatened to use all forces (especially nuclear) against its enemy?

a)

Isolationism

b)

Brinkmanship

c)

Laissez Faire

d)

Open Skies

7.

What did the Soviets create to counter NATO?

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

Vietcong

c)

Watergate

d)

Open Skies

8.

Which of the following specifically said the US would defend the Middle East against communism?

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Eisenhower Doctrine

9.

What prompted the US to increase its efforts in the fields of science, math, and space in 1957?

a)

Open Skies Policy

b)

U-2 Spy Plane Incident

c)

Launching of Sputnik

d)

Hungarian Revolt

10.

"I was a pilot flying an airplane and it just so happened that, where I was flying, made what I was doing spying." ~ Francis Gary Powers.


This quote was in reference to which incident and in which year?

a)

U-2 Spy Plane; 1955

b)

U-2 Spy Plane; 1960

c)

Operation Overlord; 1957

d)

Sputnik; 1958