Question

Select the correct answer. Who among the following was convicted and sentenced to death for leaking bomb-making secrets to the communists? A. Alger Hiss B. Richard Nixon C. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg D. Jackie Robinson E. Joe McCarthy.

Answer 1

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were the ones convicted and sentenced to death for leaking bomb-making secrets to the communists.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct answer to who was convicted and sentenced to death for leaking bomb-making secrets to the communists is C. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. The Rosenbergs were implicated in a series of events following the confession of Klaus Fuchs, a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and was caught passing nuclear secrets to the Soviets. Although Fuchs' confession led to a chain of arrests, it was the Rosenbergs who were ultimately charged with espionage and executed in June 1953. The trial and execution of the Rosenbergs had a significant impact on the American public and embodied the fear of Communist espionage during the early Cold War era.

Answer 2

C. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Step-by-step explanation:

Julius Rosenberg was arrested on suspicion of espionage on June 17, 1950, and accused of heading a spy ring that passed top-secret information concerning the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. Ethel was arrested two months later. The Rosenbergs were implicated by David Greenglass, Ethel’s younger brother and a former army sergeant and machinist at Los Alamos, the secret atomic bomb lab in New Mexico. Greenglass, who himself had confessed to providing nuclear secrets to the Soviets through an intermediary, testified against his sister and brother-in-law in court. He later served 10 years in prison.