McCarthyism and the Red Scare

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

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

• Capitalism
• Socialism
• Totalitarianism
• Fascism

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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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According to the document, The original premise of the comic book Captain America was to...

• Fight "Bad Guys"
• Stand up against communism
• Create a "Civil War"
• Unite the Nation against socialism

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McCarthyism is also known as

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

What caused McCarthyism?

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

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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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

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

• blacklisted
• whitelisted
• executed
• hanged

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