Which of the following is/are true about Sputnik?

it was a satellite slightly bigger than a basketball

House Un-American Activities Committee

The Purpose of HUAC was to

investigate suspected communists in the movie industry

The Hollywood 10 refers to

10 movie writers/directors who refused to answer questions

a government official accused of spying for the Soviet Union

The Eisenhower Doctrine said that

The U.S. would protect the Middle East from communism

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1
Which of the following is/are true about Sputnik?
it was a satellite slightly bigger than a basketball
it landed on the moon
all of the above
it was a manned spaceship
2
HUAC stands for
High Unanimous American Committee
Hollywood Un-American Communists
House Un-American Activities Committee
House United American Commisssion
3
The Purpose of HUAC was to
investigate suspected communists in the movie industry
produce propaganda promoting capitalism
investigate the spread of communism in Korea
investigate communists in the military
4
The Soviet Union detonated their first atomic bomb in
1949
1941
1953
1945
5
The Soviets launched Sputnik in
1962
1952
1957
1945
6
H-bombs
are also called thermonuclear weapons
release energy from fusion rather than fission
all of the above
are more powerful than tradtional atomic bombs
7
The Hollywood 10 refers to
10 senators who formed a committee to investigate communists
10 actors accused of spying for the communists at Los Alamos
10 movies about communism versus capitalism
10 movie writers/directors who refused to answer questions
8
Alger Hiss was
a government official accused of spying for the Soviet Union
executed for spying for the Soviets
a senator from Wisconsin who tried to win re-election
President Eisenhower's vice president
9
Who became president of the United States in 1953?
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
10
The policy where the United States would use all its force to stop the spread of communism was
deterrence
brinkmanship
flexible response
quarantine
11
Which of the following is/are true about Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
they were convicted of spying for the Soviets
all of the above
they were executed
they were Jewish and communists
12
The Eisenhower Doctrine said that
the United States would protect South America from communism
The United States would reduce its nuclear weapons
The U.S. would protect the Middle East from communism
The U.S. would form a new alliance with the Soviet Union
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Senator Joseph McCarthy
accused many gov. officials of being communist
did not have any real evidence against the people he accused
was later condemned by the Senate for his actions
all of the above

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