Red Scare

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

President Truman had FBI screen federal employees to see if they had any communist ties. As a result 3,000 employees were either fired or resigned. What was this called

• McCarran Act

• Loyalty Review Board

• John Birch Society

• Palmer Raids

Which American state department official was accused of being a communist and taken to trial?

• Jake Spero

• Alger Hiss

• Mikhael Gorbachev

• Jarret Hurd

Anyone who says they're a communist or suspected of being a communist were put on a list and never given a job in the industry again. Effectively ruined their careers even if just suspected of being a communist

• Whitelisted

• Blacklisted

• Redlisted

• Bluelisted

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.

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

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.