Unit Test Answers

How did the development of the hydrogen bomb affect the arms race?

After the United States helped overthrow President Guzman of Guatemala in the early 1950s,

Many people in the United States and Europe held protests related to the Rosenbergs’ trial because they thought that the Rosenbergs

What was the event that started the Space Race?

Which of the following is the best evidence that Cold War fears affected American civil liberties during the 1950s?

During the 1950s, an increase in the number of marriages and births fueled

Which of the following correctly characterizes the different post-war goals of the United States and the Soviet Union?

Why did the US government create the Warren Commission?

Brinkmanship was a bold, aggressive idea because it required

Read this excerpt from the State Department website about the Truman Doctrine.The Truman Doctrine arose from a speech delivered by President Truman before a joint session of Congress on March 12, 1947. The immediate cause for the speech was a recent announcement by the British Government that, as of March 31, it would no longer provide military and economic assistance to the Greek Government in its civil war against the Greek Communist Party. Truman asked Congress to support the Greek Government against the Communists. He also asked Congress to provide assistance for Turkey, since that nation, too, had previously been dependent on British aid.

Read the passage from Zamir’s paper.(1) The Russians moved ahead in the space race, and the Cold War, by putting a satellite into orbit before the United States did. (2) The Russian satellite Sputnik was the first satellite to be sent into orbit. (3) Finally, the United States sent a satellite named Explorer I into orbit. (4) This scared Americans because they thought they were losing the Cold War.

How did the Soviet Union maintain control of East Germany after World War II?

How is the Marshall Plan an example of Cold War tactics?

What was the major impact of the launch of Sputnik I on the United States?

Which statement best describes a major reason why Western European countries joined NATO after World War II?

In October of 1950, UN forces pushed the North Koreans as far north as

Which of the following statements best describes the spread of communism in the years immediately following World War II?

Many people migrated from the North and East to the Sun Belt states during the 1950s because of

Which of the following is an example of one of the successes of the Marshall Plan?

Joseph McCarthy gained public attention by