McCarthyism and the Red Scare

Senator McCarthy's popularity went down because he began to target...

• the House of Representatives
• the poor
• the US Army
• women and children

What caused McCarthyism?

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

What was the Red Scare?

• fear of the spread of wealth
• fear of the spread of Communism
• fear of the spread of Capitalism 
• fear of job competition

Between 1946 and 1954, the House Un-American Activities Committee and Senator Joseph McCarthy attracted public attention by investigating

• allegations of Communist influences in government

• civil rights violations against African Americans

• corruption by companies in the defense industry

• war crimes of German and Japanese officials

The couple that was executed for spying and allegedly passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union were the...

• Hiss’s

• Greenglass’s

• Rosenberg’s

• Chamber’s

Which American state department official was accused of being a communist and taken to trial?

• Jake Spero

• Alger Hiss

• Mikhael Gorbachev

• Jarret Hurd

Throughout the Cold War, most United States foreign policy was based on the belief that the United States had which of the following responsibilities?

• preventing the spread of communism

• providing economic aid to the nations of the Warsaw Pact

• supporting worldwide government overthrows

• avoiding all foreign entanglements

How was the Marshall Plan designed to discourage the spread of Communism in Europe?

• by establishing freely elected governments in Poland and Czechoslovakia

• by restoring economic stability to the nations of Western Europe

• by joining European nations together into the European Union

• by providing military assistance to France, Great Britain, and Italy

"I therefore ask the Congress to provide authority for assistance to Greece and Turkey in the amount of $400 million for the period ending June 30, 1948. . . . In addition to funds, I ask the Congress to authorize the detail of American civilian and military personnel to Greece and Turkey, at the request of those countries..."

The speech above provided the foundation for which of the following policies?

• the Warsaw Pact

• the Monroe Doctrine

• the Truman Doctrine

• the Roosevelt Corollary

What event began the conflict on the Korean peninsula?

• U.N. forces fought off the invading army from the North.

• The Chinese army invaded south of the 38th parallel.

• The South Korean army invaded north of the 38th parallel.

• The North Korean army invaded south of the 38th parallel.