
Red Scare and McCarthyism DOL
Authored by Bess Wilhelms
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11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
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