Question

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

Answer 1

Both of the Rosenbergs were connected to radical groups.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. The Rosenbergs were dangerous for the US government of the 1950s because both worked to create the first atomic bombs for the USSR.

The Rosenbergs were an American couple executed in the electric chair accused of espionage. It was the first execution for espionage of civilians in the history of the United States.

The origin of the trial and execution of this couple must be sought in the leaks of nuclear secrets occurred both at the Los Alamos nuclear research center and at the University of Berkeley, where there was an important sympathetic sector of the left, especially among scientists. A former machinist from the Los Alamos super-secret center, Sgt. David Greenglass, Ethel's brother, confessed to having passed secrets to the Soviets and also accused his sister and her husband, a confession that led directly to the Rosenberg couple. They were arrested, charged and tried for espionage.