Question 1
The results of the election of 1952 saw
A. the end to a long period of Democratic dominance.
B. the Republicans take control of the White House but not the Congress.
C. a close outcome between the two major parties.
D. all of these: the Republicans take control of the White House but not the Congress; the end to a long period of Democratic dominance; and a close outcome between the two major parties.
E. None of these answers is correct.
Question 2
The election of 1952 saw
A. President Harry Truman run for another term.
B. Richard Nixon forced to step down from the Republican ticket.
C. a contest between two war heroes, neither of whom had ever held elective office.
D. television play a role in the campaign.
E. Joseph McCarthy run for president.
Question 3
During Joseph McCarthy's investigation into alleged subversion in government,
A. Republicans criticized his broad attacks on the Democratic Party.
B. he never produced conclusive evidence that any federal employee was a communist.
C. Dwight Eisenhower spoke against him, after McCarthy attacked George Marshall in 1952.
D. much of the public criticized his blunt tactics and coarse behavior.
E. he drew particularly strong support from the eastern establishment.
Question 4
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were
A. None of these answers is correct.
B. not members of the Communist Party.
C. convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
D. both accused of passing American secrets to its enemies, and convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
E. accused of passing American secrets to its enemies.