Topic 15 Quiz (Part 2) (PD 2)

What government committee was responsible for hunting down supposed communists?

• House Un-American Activities Committee

• McCarthyism Investigation Committee

• Federal Bureau of Investigation

• None of the above

If a citizen was accused of being a communist, what happened next?

• They were immediately executed

• They were put on trial

• They were fined

• They were put on house arrest

Which of these people was NOT a supposed communist?

• Whittaker Chambers

• Alger Hiss

• Julius Rosenberg

• Joe McCarthy

McCarthyism is defined as:

• An underground conspiracy including American communists and ex-Soviet soldiers

• The series of trials that tried Nazi soldiers for war crimes

• A negative catchword for extreme, reckless changes of disloyalty

• Blacklisting the Hollywood Ten

What was the rising fear of communist infiltration after WWII called?

• The Second Red Scare

• The Soviet Epidemic

• The Third Red Scare

• The McCarthyism Craze

What was the name of the Bill that gave war veterans financial aid after the war?

• Equity Act

• The GI Bill

• The Bill of Relief

• The Military Aid Act

What group of people saw increased opportunities in the workforce after WWII?

• Women

• African Americans

• Asian Americans

• German Americans

What was the name given to the region of states in southern and southwestern American that saw an increase in population in the 1950s?

• The Light Belt

• The Bright Belt

• The Southern Belt

• The Sun Belt

Which of the following limited the power of labor unions in the US?

• The Taft-Union Act

• The Taft-Sweep Act

• The Labor-Taft Act

• The Taft-Hartley Act

Who wins the election after President Truman?

• Thomas Dewey

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Richard Nixon