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1
Executed for espionage and selling atomic secrets to the Soviets.
Rosenburgs
Joseph McCarthy
Sacco and Vanzetti
Alger Hiss
2
Federal employees were screened for "loyalty" under what program?
McCarran Act
Loyalty Review Program
PATRIOT Act
Executive Order 9066
3
What crisis did Eisenhower respond to by sending 5,000 Marines for support?
Guatemala
Suez Canal
Lebanon
Iran
4
How many zones was Germany divided into after World War II?
3
4
2
5
5
Playing "chicken" with nuclear weapons
Decapitation strike
Brinkmanship
Minimal deterrence
Mutual Assured Destruction
6
What did the Central Intelligence Agency use to overthrow communist gov'ts in the Cold War?
Cyber-hacking
Overt Operations
Covert Operations
Predator drone strikes
7
The "Red Scare" of communism swept across America in two waves during the:
1920s and 1940s
1930s and 1950s
1910s and 1920s
1920s and 1950s
8
1950s legislation enacted to investigate subversive activities and restrict traveling abroad.
McCarthyism
Alien and Sedition Acts
PATRIOT Act
McCarran Act
9
Facing nuclear threats, children in schools were taught to:
Stop, drop and roll
Stop, look and listen
Run for their lives
Duck and Cover
10
What does this picture represent?
Fallout
Jet Stream
Ash from a volcanic eruption
Acid Rain
11
Greece and Turkey were given military, political and economic aid under the:
Nixon Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
Reagan Doctrine
12
What line of latitude is the border between North and South Korea?
38th Parallel
28th Parallel
48th Parallel
18th Parallel
13
What plan sought to provide humanitarian aid to rebuild European countries after WWII?
McCarran Act
Truman Doctrine
McCarthyism
Marshall Plan
14
What term did Winston Churchill use to describe the division of power in Europe?
NATO vs. Warsaw
Berlin Wall
Atlantic Wall
Iron Curtain
15
What battle was a major turning point in favor of the United Nations in Korea?
Pusan
Chosin Reservoir
Inchon
Seoul
16
Where did the "Big Three"--Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin--discuss post-war matters in 1945?
Yalta
Potsdam
Tehran
Cairo
17
What is the term for a state of conflict that does NOT involve direct military action?
Nuclear War
Cold War
Proxy War
Total War
18
What was the first artificial satellite put into orbit?
Telstar
Voyager
Sputnik
Explorer
19
The nuclear triad consists of ICBMs, Bombers, and:
Infantry
Drones
Submarines
Tanks
20
Who was the pilot of the U-2 spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union?
Alger Hiss
Paul McCarran
Francis Gary Powers
Rudolph Abel
21
What general was fired by President Truman for insubordination?
Eisenhower
Patton
Marshall
MacArthur
22
HUAC stands for:
House Un-American Activities Committee
Heating, Utilities, and Air Conditioning
Hollywood United Against Communism
Hartley Urbanization and Construction
23
Senator from Wisconsin who accused many government officials of being communist spies.
A. Mitchell Palmer
John MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Joseph McCarthy
24
What does this map indicate?
North Korea invading South Korea
North Vietnam invading South Vietnam
North Carolina invading South Carolina
North Dakota invading South Dakota
25
What was NOT one of Eisenhower's four responses to various crises?
Massive Retaliation
Sending troops
Covert Operations
Building a wall for containment
26
Military defense alliance formed between the U.S. and western European allies after WWII.
SEATO
NATO
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
27
The nuclear strategy that would result in the annihilation of the attacker and defender?
Launch-on-Warning
Mutual Assured Destruction
Brinkmanship
Fail Deadly