Chapter 40

Which term is BEST defined as the practice of publicly accusing someone of subversive activities without evidence to back up the charges?

• censure

• Stalinism

• McCarthyism

• blacklisting

In 1951, the U.S. government published a pamphlet with information about communism. This pamphlet revealed that

• communist sympathizers were a growing population.

• communism was a problem within U.S. boundaries.

• communism was rapidly expanding throughout Europe.

• communists had lost a large amount of support in China.

What did the Federal Employee Loyalty Program require of government employees in the United States?

• It required that employees take loyalty oaths to the United States.

• It required that all male citizens serve as spies for a period of time.

• It required that employers do not discriminate against communists.

• It required that communist workers refrain from joining labor unions.

What ruined Senator Joseph McCarthy’s support in 1954?

• his argument that 30 percent of U.S. citizens were communist sympathizers

• his claim that President Eisenhower was a communist and spy for the Soviet Union

• his speech that discussed the similarities between communism and democracy

• his accusation that the Army was "soft on communism" during a televised hearing

Read the descriptions below. • Served as an advisor to President Roosevelt at the Yalta Conference • Accused of spying for the Soviet Union while working in the State Department • Convicted of perjury despite proclaiming his innocence Which person best fits these descriptions?

• Whittaker Chambers

• Klaus Fuchs

• Alger Hiss

• Joseph McCarthy

Which statement BEST describes the primary mission of the Federal Civil Defense Administration during the 1950s?

• to help U.S. citizens prepare for a nuclear attack

• to train U.S. citizens to identify subversive behavior

• to keep the United States safe by finding Soviet spies

• to recruit troops to defend the United States from a Soviet invasion

What crime was the subject of the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg trial?

• recruiting communist sympathizers to spy for the Soviet Union

• lying to the House of Un-American Activities Committee

• plotting to overthrow the U.S. government

• passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union

The House Un-American Activities Committee

• was formed to investigate subversive organizations.

• charged the Hollywood Ten with contempt of Congress.

• asked John Watkins to testify about communist influence in labor unions.

• all of the above

Lying under oath is ______.

• civil defense

• perjury

• blacklisting

• subversion

Klaus Fuchs

• confessed that he had spied for the Soviet Union while working on the Manhattan Project during World War II.

• claimed to have a list of 205 names that known to be members of the Communist Party in the United States.

• wrote the government pamphlet that listed 100 questions and answers about communism in the United States.

• was the first American civilian put to death for spying during the Cold War.