Red Scare 1950s

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

This group of "Hollywood" producers and executives went to jail for their stance against McCarthyism

• Ronald Reagan & Freinds
• The Red Menaces
• Soviets
• Hollywood 10

The couple that was executed for spying and allegedly passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union were the...

• Hiss’s

• Greenglass’s

• Rosenberg’s

• Chamber’s

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.

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.

Making exaggerated claims of communism against people with little/no evidence

• McCarthyism

• Trumanism

• Marxism

• Communism

Senator from Wisconsin who claimed the U.S. government was infiltrated by hundreds of communists

• Harry Truman

• Douglas MacArthur

• Julius Rosenberg

• Joseph McCarthy