Red Scare

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.

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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

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. 

The iceberg in this document best represents...

• West Germany
• The Titanic
• Communism
• Eastern Bloc Nations

This group of "Hollywood" producers and executives went to jail for their stance against McCarthyism

• Ronald Reagan & Freinds
• The Red Menaces
• Soviets
• Hollywood 10

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According to the document, McCarthy had a list of names of communists in...

• Hollywood
• Government
• Military
• the President's family

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McCarthyism was based on people's ________ of communism

• Support
• Fear
• Use
  Love
• Practice

During the Cold War, why were people building bomb shelters near or under their houses?

• To hide atomic weapons
• America was the only nuclear super power
• Fear was heightened during the Cold War
• People distrusted the government

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The policy of containment meant that

• The U.S.S.R. would not let democracy spread.
• The U.S. would not let Islam spread.
• The U.S.S.R. would not let Communism spread.
• The U.S. would not let Communism spread.

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