Cold War at home: McCarthyism & the Red Scare

McCarthyism is also known as

• The Blue Scare
• The Red Scare
• The Witch Scare
• The Red Death

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

What caused McCarthyism?

• President Truman making atomic bombs.
• Japanese spies.
• Bombing China.
• Increased fear of communism.

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

Senator McCarthy's popularity went down because he began to target...

• the House of Representatives
• the poor
• the US Army
• women and children

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When people were accused of being a communist, they were jailed and...

• blacklisted
• whitelisted
• executed
• hanged

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True or False?
Books were banned if they had "pro-communist" leanings.

• True
• False

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Who was Joseph McCarthy?

• A US Congressman from New York

• A US Senator from Wisconsin

• A US Supreme Court Judge from Minnnesota

• A US Governor from Alabama

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What thing did NOT contribute to the red scare?

• WWII

• USSR's invention of the A bomb.

• USSR's attempts at expanding into other countries.

• The Korean War.

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Communism is to the Soviet Union as _________ is to the United States

• Capitalism
• Socialism
• Totalitarianism
• Fascism

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