Author Question: The Central Intelligence Agency: A) was the first government agency devoted to intelligence and ... (Read 62 times)

robinn137 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

In a 1950 speech, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy claimed that:

A) there were 205 communists working in the State Department.
B) Truman was a closet communist.
C) the army was ignoring the communist threat.
D) a military takeover of the United States by the communists was imminent.

Question 2

Cold War security programs:

A) had little impact on the federal budget.
B) were mainly carried out by the military.
C) eventually involved 75 of federal government employees.
D) were strenuously opposed by Congressional Republicans.

Question 3

The Central Intelligence Agency:

A) was the first government agency devoted to intelligence and spying.
B) had its roots in the wartime Office of Strategic Services.
C) was created by Congress over Truman's veto.
D) remained a small and insignificant agency during the Cold War.