McCarthyism

McCarthyism

Open Ended

What does this comic tell you about Americans during the Cold War?

Multiple Choice

Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?

• to airlift food to the people of West Berlin
• to bomb East Berlin
• to demolish the Berlin Wall
• to transport people out of East Berlin

Multiple Choice

The ____________ cut off Eastern Europe from the West metaphorically speaking.

• The Marshall Plan

• The Berlin Airlift

• WWII

• The Iron Curtain

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What was the goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• Keep Communism Contained

• Help the Spread of Communism

• Decision to drop the Atomic Bomb

• Give the USSR money

Multiple Choice

What was the goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• Keep Communism Contained

• Help the Spread of Communism

• Decision to drop the Atomic Bomb

• Give the USSR money

Multiple Choice

The "Red Scare" means

• People were afraid of the color red.

• People thought Red's were friends.

• People were afraid of Communists.

• People were afraid of Democrats.

Multiple Choice

In the 1950's, Senator Joseph McCarthy won national attention when he...

• Was convicted as a spy.
• Claimed hundreds of government employees were communists.
• Helped Eisenhower become president.
• Went to Korea and said atomic weapons should be used to break the stalemate.

Multiple Choice

The HUAC stands for...

• The House Un-American Activities Committee
• The House Under American Counsel
• The House Un-Republic Activities Committee
• The House Under American Communism

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The couple that was executed for spying and allegedly passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union were the...

• Hiss’s

• Greenglass’s

• Rosenberg’s

• Chamber’s

Multiple Choice

True or False?
Senator McCarthy was able to produce a list and proved his conspiracy charges.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

McCarthyism targeted which groups?

• Farmers, business people, and White House employees

• The rich, immigrants, and teachers

• Teachers, Hollywood celebrities, government employees

• College students, professors, and homosexuals