What was the purpose of the House Un-American Activities Committee?

To expose suspected Communists and blacklist them

Why did the U.S. and the Soviet Union enter an "arms race?"

The Soviet Union stole nuclear secrets and built an arsenal

How did the U.S. society change to contrast the Soviet Union?

The U.S. added Christian mottoes in everyday life and money

The Cold War was a conflict mainly between which two nations?

The U.S.A. and the Soviet Union

What was the purpose for the creation of NATO?

To protect fellow member nations from Soviet aggression

Why did Senator Joseph McCarthy receive national attention in the 1950s?

He said he had a list of known communists in the government

Why would Americans suspect anyone could be a Communist during the Second Red Scare?

They could not identify a Communist based on looks alone

How did the U.S. try to prevent communism from spreading into war-torn Europe after WW2?

The Marshall Plan gave billions in aid to rebuild Europe.

Why did the Verona Papers make Americans feels McCarthy was right about communist infiltration?

They exposed Soviet spies and Americans working for them.

What was the U.S. response to communist rebellions in Greece and Turkey?

To issue the Truman Doctrine and work to contain communism

studbud

Truman, the Cold War and McCarthyim

10 termsStudBud Administration144 plays

Intro to Cold War and 1950s, U.S. domestic actions

Flashcards10 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 10

Answers

1
What was the purpose of the House Un-American Activities Committee?
To recruit former Nazi scientists for the arms race
To expose suspected Communists and blacklist them
To create a new special task force to investigate corruption
It was a special impeachment hearing of President Truman
2
Why did the U.S. and the Soviet Union enter an "arms race?"
U.S. allies needed nuclear weapons to fight the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union stole nuclear secrets and built an arsenal
Countries were purchasing nuclear weapons from the U.S.
Nuclear power became a needed source of energy in the U.S.
3
How did the U.S. society change to contrast the Soviet Union?
the U.S. withdrew from the United Nations
The U.S. became an atheist society oppose the Soviets
The U.S. added Christian mottoes in everyday life and money
The U.S. adopted socialist policies
4
The Cold War was a conflict mainly between which two nations?
The U.S.A. and Britain
The U.S.A. and the Soviet Union
The U.S. and China
China and the Soviet Union
5
What was the purpose for the creation of NATO?
To protect fellow member nations from Soviet aggression
To create a new international banking system
To petition for an invasion of Russia
To give the United Nations a military
6
Why did Senator Joseph McCarthy receive national attention in the 1950s?
He was the first director of the CIA
He created the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe
He said he had a list of known communists in the government
He famously ran against Truman for President in 1948
7
Why would Americans suspect anyone could be a Communist during the Second Red Scare?
A recent surge of immigrants brought back 1920s feelings
They could not identify a Communist based on looks alone
The President had been exposed as a Communist
Americans feared nuclear annihilation
8
How did the U.S. try to prevent communism from spreading into war-torn Europe after WW2?
The Marshall Plan gave billions in aid to rebuild Europe.
The U.S. invaded the Soviet Union to free satellite nations.
The U.S. had the United Nations work to contain communism
The U.S. placed armed soldiers in vulnerable countries.
9
Why did the Verona Papers make Americans feels McCarthy was right about communist infiltration?
They secret detailed U.S.-Soviet relations
They showed the Soviet Union had control over the President
They showed the U.S. Communists to take over China
They exposed Soviet spies and Americans working for them.
10
What was the U.S. response to communist rebellions in Greece and Turkey?
to ask the U.N. for economic sanctions against the USSR
The U.S. allowed the nations to fall to Communism
To enter peace negotiations with the Soviet Union
To issue the Truman Doctrine and work to contain communism

Truman, the Cold War and McCarthyim Flashcards | StudBud