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McCarthyism and the Red Scare

Authored by zayne mcpherson

History

11th Grade

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McCarthyism and the Red Scare
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?

Membership in the U.S. Communist Party increased.

U.S. citizens were arrested for being suspected communists.

Recruitment procedures for the U.S. military branches were reformed.

U.S. diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely.

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is most characteristic of the Cold War?

The growth of nuclear arsenals in the United States and the Soviet Union

The expansion of national borders by imperialistic European countries

The implementation of isolationist foreign policies in Great Britain and China

The rapid industrialization of many Southeast Asian countries

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What prompted the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to target the “Hollywood Ten”?

Support for American isolationism in the years leading up to World War II

Increased political pressure from racial groups regarding civil rights legislation

Growing anxiety related to the economic effects of the Great Depression

Fear of communist infiltration within the American entertainment industry

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one reason for the expansion of machine politics in the late nineteenth century?

The rapid influx of immigrants made it difficult for local governments to provide basic services.

Federal restrictions prevented voters from influencing government decisions at the local level.

The economy was too tightly regulated to allow urban growth.

Settlement houses failed to help immigrants adjust to life in the city.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Nineteenth-century nativist organizations advocated —

limiting federal military power through the organization of local militias

conserving natural resources through the creation of national parks

globalizing the economy through participation in free-trade agreements

promoting an ethnically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigration

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