What accusations did McCarthy make in the 1950's Red Scare?

• Accusations of communism against U.S government officials

• Accusations of espionage and treason against FBI agents.

• Accusations of corruption against business executives

• Accusations of espionage against foreign diplomats

The term “McCarthyism” came to mean:

• Making accusations against someone with little to no evidence to support.

• A movement advocating for civil rights and equality in the United States during the 1960s.

• An economic policy where government does not intervene.

• the desegregation of U.S. society as a whole.

Which description best describes the Internal Security Act of 1950?

• It required the registration of Communist groups and could affect citizenship status.

• It mandated the desegregation of public schools and facilities.

• It blacklisted actors and directors from Hollywood.

• It provided federal funding for the construction of interstate highways.

The Federal Employees Loyalty Program enacted after WW2 was designed to:

• Investigate and dismiss federal employees with communist ties.

• Promote federal employees based on loyalty to the Communist Party.

• Provide financial incentives for loyal employees.

• Train employees in loyalty and ethics.

Scenario: It is the early 1950's. You are an American Hollywood actor with communist friends in the movie industry. Because of your affiliation with them, you could be at risk of

• being killed by the secret police.

• being blacklisted from the industry.

• being deported to Russia.

• being arrested for espionage and treason by the KGB.

In the Cold War era, comics such as this had the effect of

• Promoting anti-communist views and indoctrinating youth.

• Supporting communist ideologies and promoting socialist agendas.

• Americans remaining neutral and not taking any sides during the Red Scare.

• swaying people's votes for presidential candidates.

"This nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." - Pres. John F. Kennedy, 1961

Which mission fulfilled Pres. Kennedy's vision as described above?

• Freedom 7

  May 5, 1961

• Apollo 13

  April 11, 1970

• Vostok I

  April 12, 1961

• Apollo 11

  July 16, 1969

Operation ​ (a)   was a secret WW2 US intelligence operation that brought ​ (b)   scientists such as ​ (c)   to the United States to work on military / space research and development. ​

• Paperclip
• German
• French
• Holepunch
• Overlord
• Werner von Braun
• J. Robert Oppenheimer
• Chinese

Match the terms to the correct historical event.

Groups:

(a) 1920's Red Scare

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(b) 1950's Red Scare

• Federal Employee Loyalty Program

• Palmer Raids

• Sacco & Vanzetti

• Internal Security Act

• HUAC

• Mail Bombs sent to public officials

• Hollywood Ten

• Immigration Quotas

• Sen. Joseph McCarthy

What were the U.S. Government's responses to the event depicted? (Choose two options)

• Execution of the Rosenbergs

• National Defense Education Act

• Eisenhower resigned from the presidency

• Creation of NASA