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2nd Red Scare 1947-1957

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name

Class

Date

What caused McCarthyism?

President Truman making atomic bombs.

Japanese spies.

Bombing China.

Increased fear of communism.

The HUAC stands for...

The House Un-American Activities Committee

The House Under American Counsel

The House Un-Republic Activities Committee

The House Under American Communism

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

Jake Spero

Alger Hiss

Mikhael Gorbachev

Jarret Hurd

President Truman had FBI screen federal employees to see if they had any communist ties. As a result 3,000 employees were either fired or resigned. What was this called

McCarran Act

Loyalty Review Board

John Birch Society

Palmer Raids

Anyone who says they're a communist or suspected of being a communist were put on a list and never given a job in the industry again. Effectively ruined their careers even if just suspected of being a communist

Whitelisted

Blacklisted

Redlisted

Bluelisted

This group of "Hollywood" producers and executives went to jail for their stance against McCarthyism

Ronald Reagan & Freinds

The Red Menaces

Soviets

Hollywood 10

The House on Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

Protested racial segregation in the armed forces.

Investigated disloyalty and harmful foreign influences in the United States.

Investigated U.S. involvement in the Korean War and its lack of progress towards victory.

Tried to deport all foreigners or Un-American peo

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

McCarthyism was what?

a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.

10.

The political and economic differences between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that lasted more than 2 presidencies is call the...

Cold War

Red Scare

Nuclear Scare

Tension Talks

11.

Hollywood developed the _______list of whom should not be employed by studios.

Blue

Red

Communist

Black

12.

How were Julius and Ethel Rosenburg related?

Brother/sister

Husband/wife

Father/Daughter

Mother/son

13.

Suspected Communists were referred to as "_______"

Reds

Pirates

Cubs

Braves

100 %

2nd Red Scare 1947-1957

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 11mins

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