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Kennedy and the Cold War — Unit test

Question 8 • TX-US History Studies Since 1877 B-Runnels

What might have made the Rosenbergs seem dangerous to the US government of the 1950s?

Answer
A
Both worked to create the first atomic bombs for the USSR.
B
Both were connected to radical groups.
C
Julius had worked for the VENONA project.
D
Ethel was a Russian immigrant who arrived after WWII.

Explanation

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were associated with Communist and other left-wing political circles, which the US government viewed with suspicion during the Cold War. They did not both work on the Soviet atomic bomb, and Ethel was born in the United States, not Russia. The correct choice is “Both were connected to radical groups.”

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