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Quiz for Primary Source 28.1: A Soviet View of the Arms Race

Question

1. The Soviet poster may have been meant to help explain and justify the fact that

the Soviet Union dramatically outspent the United States on defense in the 1950s.

a large percentage of Soviet scientists and scientific research programs in the 1950s focused on the development of weapons.

the Soviet Union had fallen behind in the “space race” during the 1950s.

the Soviets actually had a very small conventional army in the 1950s.

Correct. The answer is b. At least 25 percent of all Soviet men and women who trained in science and engineering were employed full time in the production of weapons.

Incorrect. The answer is b. At least 25 percent of all Soviet men and women who trained in science and engineering were employed full time in the production of weapons.

Question

2. The Soviet poster invited viewers to make a connection between the Cold War and

the space race.

World War II.

the Russian civil war of the 1920s.

World War I.

Correct. The answer is c. By focusing on an armored train, the poster invoked the Russian civil war and the struggle to defend the revolution against the forces of conservative reaction.

Incorrect. The answer is c. By focusing on an armored train, the poster invoked the Russian civil war and the struggle to defend the revolution against the forces of conservative reaction.