Question 1
The 1950 McCarran Act was aimed at essentially criminalizing:
A) membership in the communist party.
B) homosexuality.
C) union membership.
D) lynching.
Question 2
Richard Nixon defended himself from corruption charges in 1952 in the Checkers Speech. What was Checkers?
A) Nixon's two-tone 1948 Oldsmobile
B) a cocker spaniel dog
C) his wife's good Republican cloth coat
D) Nixon's nickname for Eisenhower
Question 3
The Republican formula for attacking Truman and the Democrats in the 1952 election was K1C2, meaning Korea, communism, and:
A) containment.
B) China.
C) corruption.
D) the Cold War.
Question 4
The Korean War began when:
A) South Korea launched an invasion of China.
B) Ho Chi Minh rebelled against continued French rule.
C) South Korea attempted to unify both occupation zones of Korea.
D) North Korea launched a military attack on South Korea.
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