Red Scare and McCarthyism DOL

What was the primary focus of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) during the Red Scare?

• Investigating foreign espionage

• Promoting American propaganda

• Investigating alleged disloyalty and subversive activities

• Regulating international trade

What term was used to describe the intense fear of communism in the United States during the Cold War?

• Red Panic

• Red Fear

• Red Scare

• Red Terror

What was the primary reason for the raids described in this excerpt?

• To prevent workers from joining labor organizations

• To block civil rights advocates from staging public protests

• To suppress the teaching of evolution in colleges

• To halt the spread of communist ideas by radicals

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

In this excerpt, McCarthy is attempting to incite fear about —

• Japanese Americans confined in internment camps

• organizers of the Civil Rights movement

• accomplices in the Watergate scandal

• members of the Communist Party in government positions