APUSH Chapter 35 Part 2

General who was essential to U.S. victory in the Pacific in WWII and also led U.S. forces in the Korean War

• MacArthur

• McCarthy

• Mussolini

• McDonald

In response to Soviet detonation of an atomic bomb, Truman ordered development of the _______.

• nitrogen bomb

• hydrogen bomb

• stronger atomic bomb

• rocket ship

True or False: Truman was criticized when the communist party won the Chinese Civil war.

• True

• False

What is the significance of the NSC-68?

• Major step in militarization of American foreign policy

• More men were enlisted in the military

• Provided for a defense budget

• Led to winning of the Korean war

One career that was majorly impacted by loyalty oaths were __________.

• Doctors

• Teachers

• Bankers

• Congressmen

What is the significance of the 1949 trial of 11 communists for violating the Smith Act?

• This was the first time that sedition laws had been used in peacetime

• It was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

• This was the first time that communists had been tried in court.

• The wording of the law was twisted in order to fit the case.

This man was known for his ambitious leadership of the HUAC:

• Richard Nixon

• Joseph McCarthy

• Harry Truman

• Julius Rosenberg

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are the only people in American history ___________.

• to be executed as a married couple.

• to be executed for espionage.

• to be executed for espionage in peacetime.

• to be truly proven as Communists.

Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist "witch hunt" went too far when he accused ________.

• the Army

• Congressmen

• the president

• Japanese Americans.

Which work of literature is based on McCarthy's communism trials?

• The Crucible

• Othello

• The Great Gatsby

• The Masque of the Red Death