(MC)The quote below comes from the director of the weapons testing laboratory in the Soviet Union, the USSR, describing an event in August 1949:”[W]hen we succeeded in solving this problem, we felt relief, even happiness-for in possessing such a weapon we had removed the possibility of its being used against the USSR with impunity.”Source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/peopleevents/pandeAMEX53.htmlWhich nation did the director fear might use the weapon they had developed against the Soviet Union?

(MC)Which of these events accelerated the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union?

(MC)Which factor contributed to the growth of youth culture in the United States during the 1950s?

(MC)The South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was created in part because of which of these events?

(MC)One of the major factors in economic growth in the 1950s was consumer spending by which group?

(LC)Protests against the Vietnam War began during which president’s term of office?

(LC)Which of these focused attention on the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union?

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