Early Civil Rights Efforts

Question 1

Which of the following statements best describes the action that ultimately ended public support for Senator McCarthy’s investigations?

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McCarthy claimed that there were communists in the US military.

Question 2

Which event occurred in October of 1962, sparking the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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American spy planes photographed Soviet missile bases on the island.

Question 3

Which of the following saw a decrease in the United States during the 1950s?

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unemployment

Question 4

Why was there tension between the United States and the USSR after World War II?

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Their economies were based on different principles and systems.

Question 5

Why was President Truman considered to be weak on communism despite the federal government’s measures to investigate communists?

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Fear of communism had reached a level that bordered on hysteria, and Truman’s actions did little to make it go away.

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