McCarthyism and the Red Scare

McCarthy said that the State Department had employees who were...

• Stealing government documents

• Spies for the Soviet Union

• Running for the presidency

• Bringing Soviet Spies into the United States

Joseph McCarthy claimed that the President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, was a Communist Spy.

• True

• False

Joseph McCarthy was a _______ from _______.

• Senator, Wisconsin

• Congressman, Tennessee

• Governor, Wyoming

• State Department Official, Massachusetts

McCarthy's accusations of government officials being Soviet spies was proven to be...

• True

• False

McCarthyism is also known as

• The Blue Scare

• The Red Scare

• The Witch Scare

• The Red Death

McCarthyism targeted which groups?

• Farmers, business people, and White House employees

• The rich, immigrants, and teachers

• Teachers, Hollywood celebrities, government employees

• College students, professors, and homosexuals

What caused McCarthyism?

• President Truman making atomic bombs.

• Japanese spies.

• Bombing China.

• Increased fear of communism.

Why did Arthur Miller write the Crucible?

• Someone told him to

• Inspired by his parents

• A teacher told him to write it

• He was inspired to write a drama reflecting mass cultural and political hysteria

True or False?
Books were banned if they had "pro-communist" leanings.

• True

• False

a fear that communists were infiltrating the American government, media and investigated by House Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC)