Question

Which of the following is the best evidence that Cold War fears affected American civil liberties during the 1950s?

A-the Soviet explosion of an atomic bomb
B-the election of Dwight Eisenhower
C-the arrest of Soviet spies
D-the McCarthy Senate hearings

Answer 1

The correct option is A

On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union conducted a successful test of its first nuclear charge in the Semipalátinsk polygon. Then, the US had twice tested its new weapons in Japan and was not thinking about stopping it. However, the test in Semipalátinsk destroyed the US nuclear monopoly and guaranteed a long period of peaceful development for the Soviet Union.

Answer 2

The Soviet explosion of an atomic bomb best describe the evidence that cold War fears affected American civil liberties during the 1950s.

What is Soviet Union?

Soviet Union refer to a communist state that started in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

During the cold war, Soviet Union started it first nuclear test at semipalatinks test site.

In this period the Soviets could not blockaded the Western-held sectors of West Berlin. Between 1948 to 1949 the United States and i Europe created the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) which is a unified military command to fight against the presence of Soviet union in Europe around 1949, the Soviets exploded their first atomic.

Therefore, The Soviet explosion of an atomic bomb best describe the evidence that cold War fears affected American civil liberties during the 1950s.

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