What impact did the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings have on Hollywood?

Producers blacklisted anyone believed to be a Communist

The purpose of the Marshall Plan

Help Western Europe recover from WW2

Senator Joseph McCarthy created the media frenzy that began his anti-communist witch hunt by

Claiming he had a list of Communists employed by the US govt

In 1946, what did Winston Churchill describe as an iron curtain falling across Europe

The establishment of Communist govts in Eastern Europe

What is significant about 1957

The Soviet Union launches Sputnik

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This was an era of confrontation and competition between the US and the Soviet Union
Cold War
WW2
Korean War
Declaration of Liberated Europe
2
Pres Eisenhower’s willingness to threaten nuclear was in the interest of maintaining peace
Brinkmanship
Containment
Covert
Massive retaliation
3
What impact did the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings have on Hollywood?
Many actors were denied their passports
Actors were required to swear they were not Communists
Producers blacklisted anyone believed to be a Communist
Ronald Reagan was accused of being a Communist sympathizer
4
Which US senator used sensational accusations to intensify US fears about Communism
Paul Douglas
Joseph McCarthy
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
5
The purpose of the Marshall Plan
Punish Germany for its role in WW2
Help Western Europe recover from WW2
Keep communist countries weak
Help Germany form a new government
6
When the US, Britain, and France merged their zones of Germany in 1948, the USSR responded by
Threatening to declare war
Trying to undermine Germany’s economy
Organizing a military alliance
Blockading West Berlin
7
Senator Joseph McCarthy created the media frenzy that began his anti-communist witch hunt by
Urging HUAC to hold hearings
Accusing Alger Hiss of being a Soviet spy
Claiming he had a list of Communists employed by the US govt
Saying there were spies in the US army
8
In 1946, what did Winston Churchill describe as an iron curtain falling across Europe
The establishment of Communist govts in Eastern Europe
The formation of NATO
Industrialization of Eastern Europe under the Marshall Plan
The adoption of the Declaration of Liberated Europe
9
In September 1949, the soviet Union announced that it had successfully
Defeated Hitler and the Germans
Tested its first atomic bomb
Tested it first hydrogen bomb
Held democratic elections
10
What is significant about 1957
NASA is created
The Cold War begins
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik
WW2 ends

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Cold War

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Cold War

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Questions 10

Answers

1
This was an era of confrontation and competition between the US and the Soviet Union
Cold War
WW2
Korean War
Declaration of Liberated Europe
2
Pres Eisenhower’s willingness to threaten nuclear was in the interest of maintaining peace
Brinkmanship
Containment
Covert
Massive retaliation
3
What impact did the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings have on Hollywood?
Many actors were denied their passports
Actors were required to swear they were not Communists
Producers blacklisted anyone believed to be a Communist
Ronald Reagan was accused of being a Communist sympathizer
4
Which US senator used sensational accusations to intensify US fears about Communism
Paul Douglas
Joseph McCarthy
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
5
The purpose of the Marshall Plan
Punish Germany for its role in WW2
Help Western Europe recover from WW2
Keep communist countries weak
Help Germany form a new government
6
When the US, Britain, and France merged their zones of Germany in 1948, the USSR responded by
Threatening to declare war
Trying to undermine Germany’s economy
Organizing a military alliance
Blockading West Berlin
7
Senator Joseph McCarthy created the media frenzy that began his anti-communist witch hunt by
Urging HUAC to hold hearings
Accusing Alger Hiss of being a Soviet spy
Claiming he had a list of Communists employed by the US govt
Saying there were spies in the US army
8
In 1946, what did Winston Churchill describe as an iron curtain falling across Europe
The establishment of Communist govts in Eastern Europe
The formation of NATO
Industrialization of Eastern Europe under the Marshall Plan
The adoption of the Declaration of Liberated Europe
9
In September 1949, the soviet Union announced that it had successfully
Defeated Hitler and the Germans
Tested its first atomic bomb
Tested it first hydrogen bomb
Held democratic elections
10
What is significant about 1957
NASA is created
The Cold War begins
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik
WW2 ends