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Red Scare

Authored by John Robinson

Social Studies

11th Grade

6A covered

Red Scare
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

the House of Representatives

the poor

the US Army

women and children

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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 communists ideas by radicals

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Cartoons such as this one took the position that deportation was necessary because -

assimilation programs in the United States had been unsuccessful

economic decline had increased the competition for jobs

communists were infiltrating the United States

political machines had too much power in urban areas

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What was a result of the social problems presented in this 1917 political cartoon?

Government leaders introduced health-care reform laws.

Lobbyists focused attention on the power of corporates monopolies.

Women worked to improve conditions in tenement houses,

Progressives worked to ratify a prohibition amendment.

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was the name of the Senator from Wisconsin known for his anti-communist accusations during the early 1950s?

Joseph McCarthy

Roy Cohn

Richard Nixon

Henry Wallace

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The period of the early 1950s known as the "Red Scare" refers to what?

People were afraid of the color red.

People thought Red's were friends.

People were afraid of Communists.

People were afraid of Democrats.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does HUAC stand for?

The House Un-American Activities Committee

The House Under American Counsel

The House Un-Republic Activities Committee

The House Under American Communism

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