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 "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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The iceberg in this document best represents...

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

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

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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Hollywood developed the _______list of whom should not be employed by studios.

• Blue
• Red
• Communist
• Black

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The senator in charge of the HUAC was

• J. Edgar Hoover
• Joseph McCarthy
• John F. Kennedy
• Dwight D. Eisenhower

At the end of WWII Harry Truman dropped the Atom bomb, what was the effect of this decision?

• It led to the spread of communism in East Asia
• It was investigated by the United Nations
• It led to a peaceful time between nations
• It began a weapons race with the Soviet Union