USH Module 6 Section #7 Bellwork

What was the purpose of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?

• To help workers gain union rights

• To investigate suspected communists in the U.S.

• To support civil rights legislation and programs

• To negotiate peace treaties

Match each Cold War event in the Americas to its outcome.

• Red Scare (Cold War)

• U.S. naval blockade led to Soviet withdrawal of missiles

• Good Neighbor Policy

• Failed U.S.-backed attempt to overthrow Castro, increased tensions

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Promoted cooperation in Latin America without military force

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Fear of communism led to suppression of civil liberties

The ​ (a)   involved placing nuclear weapons in Cuba, while the ​ (b)   was a failed attempt to remove Castro from power.

• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Bay of Pigs
• Second Red Scare
• Vietnam War
• Korean War
• Venezuelan Revolution

Sort each example into either U.S. Foreign Policy or Domestic Anti-Communism.

Groups:

(a) U.S. Foreign Intervention

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(b) Domestic Anti-Communism

• McCarthyism

• HUAC Hearings

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Cuban Missile Crisis

Put the following events in the correct chronological order.

• Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• HUAC investigations begin

• Cuban Missile Crisis

What did the U.S. fear about Latin America during the Cold War?

• That communism would spread and bring Soviet allies close to the U.S.

• That Europe would colonize it again and have more influence in the hemisphere

• That Latin American countries would join NATO decreasing the power of the U.S.

• That the U.S. would lose its trade routes to Asia

Match each individual with their Cold War role.

• Fidel Castro

• Promoted the Good Neighbor Policy in Latin America

• Joseph McCarthy

• Led Cuban Revolution, established communist government

• FDR

• Led anti-communist accusations in the U.S. Senate

• John F. Kennedy

• Handled the Cuban Missile Crisis as president

What does "McCarthyism" refer to?

• Building the atomic bomb with Oppenheimer

• Accusing people of being communists without evidence

• The strategy used for peace talks during the Cold War

• Encouraging U.S. isolation from global politics

The ​ (a)   was a Cold War-era effort to avoid U.S. military involvement in Latin America, while the ​ (b)   showed the U.S. was willing to use force against potential communist allies near its borders.

• Good Neighbor Policy
• Bay of Pigs
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Marshall Plan
• Truman Doctrine
• Berlin Airlift

What is the main message of the cartoon?

• The freedoms of Americans were at risk because of an overreaction to the perceived threat of Communism after WWII

• The Constitution protects the U.S. from foreign threats by imposing our will through spheres of influence

• McCarthyism upheld American freedoms through the creation of a police force led by the US by controlled by the UN

• A faction within the Soviet Union was promoting democracy in partnership with the US