What was the significance to Americans of Sputnik?

The Soviets had beaten the United States into space.

Why did the case of Alger Hiss intensify the Red Scare?

He was a government official accused of spying for the Communists.

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

Producers blacklisted anyone who was believed to be a Communist

What was the significance of the Long Telegram?

explained Soviet attitudes and set U.S. policy in dealing with communism

What was the Marshall Plan?

U.S. pumped billions of dollars into Western Europe

What prompted the Berlin Airlift?

Soviets cut off all traffic in or out of West Berlin.

What Soviet action spurred the Korean War?

They armed the North Koreans, who then attacked South Korea

How did the Cold War affect life in the 1950s?

Fear of the atomic bomb combined with prosperity made it a time of contrast

Why did Eisenhower use brinkmanship with China to protect Taiwan?

He saw Taiwan as an anti-Communist barrier in Asia.

What was the response of the U.S. government to Sputnik?

Congress created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

What prompted the Red Scare?

A Soviet agent revealed plans for the Soviets to infiltrate the U.S.

How did McCarthy's influence over American life end?

The army's lawyer, publicly accused him of cruelty and misconduct

Why was the United Nations (UN) created?

to replace the League of Nations and include the United States

How did the policy of massive retaliation affect the composition of the U.S. military?

Troop numbers were decreased while bomb production increased.

What was the purpose of the Declaration of a Liberated Europe?

ensure all people in Europe would be free to choose their own government

What was a result of the Korean War?

U.S. entered into a long-term military involvement in Korea.

President Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur in 1951 when MacArthur

publicly criticized the president’s policy of limited war

What was the ultimate fear during the Red Scare?

that Communists would subvert the U.S. government

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1
What was the significance to Americans of Sputnik?
The Soviets had beaten the United States into space.
There was now more scientific data available about Earth.
It reminded them that communism was as advanced as capitalism.
The launch demonstrated that the Soviets had nuclear weapons.
2
Why did the case of Alger Hiss intensify the Red Scare?
Testified to the HUAC that spies had infiltrated the White House
accused several key government officials of being former Communists.
He was a government official accused of spying for the Communists.
convicted and sentenced to death for giving nuclear secrets to the Soviets.
3
The increasing tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union would be called
the Tehran Agreements.
the Yalta Conference.
the Ideological Struggle.
the Cold War.
4
President Eisenhower decided to use covert operations conducted by the
Special Forces.
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Central Intelligence Agency.
5
What impact did the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings have on Hollywood?
Producers blacklisted anyone who was believed to be a Communist
Many actors were denied passports and could not travel abroad.
Actors were required to swear that they were not Communists
Ronald Reagan was accused of being a Communist sympathizer
6
What was the significance of the Long Telegram?
condemned the U.S. as a capitalist aggressor
recommended that Truman enter Korean War
appealed to acquit those accused of war crimes
explained Soviet attitudes and set U.S. policy in dealing with communism
7
What was the Marshall Plan?
U.S. gave millions of dollars to governments trying to join communism
U.S. entered Korea to stop Soviet aggression
created zones in Germany to prevent it from gaining power again.
U.S. pumped billions of dollars into Western Europe
8
What did the Soviets do in Poland that angered Roosevelt?
refused to hold elections.
invaded Germany and seize German factories.
annexed Poland and declared it a state in the U.S.S.R.
They would not grant Polish citizenship to German residents.
9
What prompted the Berlin Airlift?
Soviets invaded western Germany to take control.
Soviets took over the western half of Germany and cut off food supplies.
Soviets cut off all traffic in or out of West Berlin.
Soviets refused to allow a democratic government in West Berlin.
10
What Soviet action spurred the Korean War?
They armed the North Koreans, who then attacked South Korea
They took possession of North Korea.
They got China to invade Korea.
They set up a Communist government in South Korea.
11
How did the Cold War affect life in the 1950s?
still too weary from the effects of WW II to be concerned about Cold War
Fears of communism were kept in check by the government's calming campaigns
Fear of the atomic bomb combined with prosperity made it a time of contrast
The Red Scare caused an economic downturn that hurt the country.
12
Why did Eisenhower use brinkmanship with China to protect Taiwan?
He wanted to strain Chinese-Soviet relations.
He knew the Chinese would back down.
Taiwan had become a U.S. territory.
He saw Taiwan as an anti-Communist barrier in Asia.
13
What was the response of the U.S. government to Sputnik?
Eisenhower sent spy planes to fly over the Soviet Union.
Congress created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Eisenhower used brinkmanship to make the Soviets abandon space flight.
Congress created funding for the creation of propulsion systems.
14
What prompted the Red Scare?
A Soviet agent revealed plans for the Soviets to infiltrate the U.S.
A Soviet submarine was spotted in the Atlantic Ocean near New York City.
Several Communists in Chicago began firebombing businesses.
The Korean War had caused a fear of communism.
15
The Allies agreed to divide Germany into four zones controlled by the United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union and
Italy
Canada.
Switzerland
France.
16
The tactic of damaging reputations with vague, unfounded charges became known as
the Red Scare.
subversion.
McCarthyism.
censure
17
How did McCarthy's influence over American life end?
He lost the reelection to his Senate seat.
J. Edgar Hoover withdrew his support for McCarthy.
The army's lawyer, publicly accused him of cruelty and misconduct
The national newspapers declared him a fraud.
18
What did President Franklin Roosevelt and his advisers think was the key to keeping the world at peace?
economic decline through trade
a strong United Nations
military strength
a willingness to compromise
19
Critics described President Eisenhower’s willingness to threaten nuclear war in the interest of maintaining peace as?
containment
massive retaliation
covert
brinkmanship
20
Why was the United Nations (UN) created?
to mediate disputes with the Soviet Union
to try Nazi war criminals
to investigate the finances of German businesses
to replace the League of Nations and include the United States
21
What did President Harry Truman establish in early 1947 to screen all federal employees?
HUAC
the subcommittee on investigations
the loyalty review program
Project Verona
22
How did the policy of massive retaliation affect the composition of the U.S. military?
The navy and air force emerged as powerful branches of the military.
Army pay was increased in order to keep experienced staff.
Troop numbers were decreased while bomb production increased.
The army was increased dramatically along with naval carriers.
23
What was the purpose of the Declaration of a Liberated Europe?
challenge Stalin's contention that Europe should be communist
create a plan for war reparations from Germany
ensure all people in Europe would be free to choose their own government
formally declare an end to World War II
24
After the Korean War began, the United States embarked on a major
economic expansion.
treaty negotiation.
expansion of foreign aid.
military buildup.
25
President Harry Truman saw the Communist invasion of South Korea as a test of the _________________________
Truman Doctrine
containment policy
Marshall Plan
NATO alliance
26
Policy of threatening to use nuclear weapons if a Communist state tried to seize territory by force
massive retaliation
covert
U-2
military-industrial complex
27
When the United States, Britain, and France merged their zones of Germany in 1948, the Soviet Union responded by
organizing a military alliance.
blockading West Berlin.
trying to undermine Germany’s economy.
threatening to declare war.
28
What was a result of the Korean War?
U.S. entered into a war with China that lasted for several years.
U.S. won back North Korea.
pushed the border between North Korea and South Korea to the 42nd parallel
U.S. entered into a long-term military involvement in Korea.
29
President Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur in 1951 when MacArthur
publicly criticized the president’s policy of limited war
failed to win the Korean War.
transmitted military secrets to the Soviet Union.
refused to carry out an invasion of China.
30
What was the ultimate fear during the Red Scare?
that Soviet spies were crossing into the U.S. from Canada
that the Soviets might gain ground in Asia
that Stalin would invade Europe
that Communists would subvert the U.S. government

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