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McCarthyism and Red Scare

Authored by Ann Bourke

History

7th - 12th Grade

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McCarthyism and Red Scare
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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I 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.

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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The House on Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

Protested racial segregation in the armed forces.
Investigated disloyalty and harmful foreign influences in the United States. 
Investigated U.S. involvement in the Korean War and its lack of progress towards victory.
Tried to deport all foreigners or Un-American peo

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

U.S. foreign policy followed during the Cold War that sought to prevent the expansion of Soviet Communism refers to what?  

Brinkmanship
Communism
N.A.T.O. 
Containment

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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The difference between a “hot” war and a “cold” war is that in a hot war, people engage in actual physical   fighting and in a cold war they do not.

True
False

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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The couple that was executed for spying and allegedly passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union were the   A. Hiss’s  B. Greenglass’s  C. Rosenberg’s  D. Chamber’s                   

Hiss’s
Greenglass’s
Rosenberg’s
Chamber’s

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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McCarthy's aides were

Cohn & Schine
Cohn & Lewis
Schine & McCarthy
Schine & Lewis

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Rosenburg's were both guilty of being spies

True
False

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