1950's -Second Red Scare

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 people

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

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

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

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. 

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What thing did NOT contribute to the Red Scare of the 1950's?

• WWII
• USSR's invention of the A bomb. 
• USSR's attempts at expanding into other countries. 
• The Korean War. 

Post WWII, what do Americans fear most?

• Communism
• Dictators
• Democracy
• Capitalism

What does HUAC stand for?

• House United-American Committe
• House Un-American Activities Committe 
• House Un-American Court Activities 
• House Un-American At County

Who was the couple accused of stealing nuclear secrets and passing them to the Soviets?

• Sacco and Venzetti
• The Rosenburgs
• Gurley & Owen
• The Kennedys

Which of the following is not true about the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?

• HUAC investigated the government
• HUAC believed Communist had infiltrated Hollywood
• Was part of the Second Red Scare
• The HUAC was a very fair and just government organization