Question: The political cartoon below was created in the mid-1900s:What did the Red Smear in the cartoon symbolize?

Answer: false accusations that communists infiltrated the U.S government

Question: The photograph below was taken after the testing of an atomic cannon:The weapon shown above is an example of what? (5 points)

Answer: the belief of the U.S. Army that atomic weapons could be used on the battlefield

Question: Why was Julius Rosenberg discharged from the Army in 1945?

Answer: He lied about being a member of the Communist Party.

Question: What were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for?

Answer: passing nuclear weapons secrets to the Soviet Union

Question: During the Cold War, the U.S government developed various strategies to protect citizens during an attack. Which of the following Cold War protections are still in use today?

Answer: Interstate Highway System

Question: The political cartoon below was created in the mid-1900s:What statement summarizes the idea in this cartoon?

Answer: The Republicans were using the McCarthy hearings for political gain.

Question: What is term used to describe people who were unable to find work because they had been accused of Communist sympathies?

Answer: blacklisted

Question: What statement explains Ethel Rosenberg's role in the espionage case?

Answer: She recruited her brother to pass secrets to the Soviets.

Question: Which person played a minor role in the passing of atomic secrets to the Soviets?

Answer: Ethel Rosenberg

Question: What was the first target of the HUAC hearings?

Answer: Communist infiltration in the entertainment industry

Question: What was one point of the appeal of the death penalty for the Rosenbergs?

Answer: Their execution would leave their young sons orphans.

Question: What was the result of President Truman's Federal Employee Loyalty Program?

Answer: Fewer than a thousand federal employees were fired for security reasons.

Question: Whose work at the Manhattan Project was important in the prosecution of the Rosenberg case?

Answer: David Greenglass

Question: False accusations against which organization led to the demise of Senator Joseph McCarthy?

Answer: the U.S. Army

Question: The Rosenbergs were charged with the crime of espionage. What is espionage?

Answer: spying on the government

Question: Who was the chief organizer of the spy ring that passed secrets to the Soviets through Klaus Fuchs?

Answer: Julius Rosenberg