WorksheetsRed Scare & Space Race
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
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.
Match the terms to the correct historical event.
Immigration Quotas
Sen. Joseph McCarthy
Palmer Raids
HUAC
Hollywood Ten
Sacco & Vanzetti
Internal Security Act
Federal Employee Loyalty Program
Mail Bombs sent to public officials
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
