2. A. “Duck and cover”:
Was suggested method
of personal protection
against the effects of a
nuclear detonation
which the United States
government taught to
citizens during the Cold
War.
3. B. Fallout Shelters:
An enclosed space
specially designed to
protect occupants from
radioactive debris from a
nuclear explosion.
4. C. House Un-American
Activities Committee
(HUAC):
Created in 1938 to
investigate alleged
disloyalty and subversive
activities on the part of
private citizens, public
employees, and those
organizations suspected of
having Communist ties.
5. D. Hollywood Blacklist:
Communists were said to
be placing subversive
messages into Hollywood
films. The most famous
group of blacklisted
individuals was known as
The Hollywood Ten, they
refused to answer any
questions from HUAC and
were jailed by the
government and blacklisted
by Hollywood.
6. A. Fair Deal :
Harry Truman's
domestic program which
built on Roosevelt's New
Deal. Truman believed
that the federal
government should
guarantee economic
opportunity and social
stability.
7. B. AFL-CIO:
A voluntary federation
of labor unions created
in 1955 by the merger of
the American Federation
of Labor and the
Congress of Industrial
Organizations.
8. A. Taft-Hartley Act:
amended much of the
National Labor Relations
(Wagner) Act of 1935, the
federal law regulating
labor relations of
enterprises engaged in
interstate commerce. The
act established control of
labor disputes by
enlarging the National
Labor Relations Board.
9. B. National Highway
Act:
Authorized the building
of highways throughout
the nation, which would
be the biggest public
works project in the
nation's history.
10. A. Alger Hiss :
A prominent US
government figure who
was accused of, found
guilty of, and jailed for
being a communist. He
fought for his innocence
until his death.
11. B. Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg:
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
were executed for espionage
in Sing Sing Prison on 19 June
1953. They had been
convicted of giving American
atomic secrets to the Soviets
during World War II. Though
the government was
convinced of their guilt,
many people were not and
the debate over their guilt or
innocence did not stop with
their deaths.
12. C. National Security Act
(1947):
mandated a major
reorganization of the
foreign policy and
military establishments
of the U.S. Government.
The act created the
National Security
Council (NSC).
13. D. Détente:
A permanent relaxation
in international affairs
during the Cold War. It
is a term usually
associated with the
relations between
America, Russia and
China.
14. E. S.A.L.T. I and II:
Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks – two
rounds of talks and
agreements between the
US and USSR concerning
nuclear arms.