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WorksheetsThe Cold War at Home
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Soviet Union believed in what political and economic system? (This system allows the government to control businesses and land.)
a)
Isolationalism
b)
Communism
c)
Capitalism
d)
Militarism
2.
The House on Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
a)
Protested racial segregation in the armed forces.
b)
Investigated disloyalty and harmful foreign influences in the United States.
c)
Investigated U.S. involvement in the Korean War and its lack of progress towards victory.
d)
Tried to deport all foreigners or Un-American peo
3.
The couple that was executed for spying and allegedly passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union were the
a)
Hiss’s
b)
Greenglass’s
c)
Rosenberg’s
d)
Chamber’s
4.
Group of motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who were mostly blacklisted for failing to cooperate with anti-communist investigations.
a)
Hollywood Ten
b)
Joseph McCarthy
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
5.
I the 1950's Senator Joseph McCarthy won national attention when he...
a)
Was convicted as a spy.
b)
Claimed hundreds of government employees were communists.
c)
Helped Eisenhower become president.
d)
Went to Korea and said atomic weapons should be used to break the stalemate.
6.
Alger Hiss was convicted of which of the following?
a)
Perjury
b)
Espionage
c)
Contempt of Congress
d)
Treason
7.
Joseph McCarthy lost his political influence and support after which event?
a)
The Rosenberg Trials
b)
The 205 government officials on his list were found innocent
c)
The Army-McCarthy Trials
d)
He accused Eisenhower of being a communist
8.
The "Red Scare" means
a)
People were afraid of the color red.
b)
People thought Red's were friends.
c)
People were afraid of Communists.
d)
People were afraid of Democrats.
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