McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare Quiz Review

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

Senator McCarthy's popularity went down because he began to target...

• the House of Representatives
• the poor
• the US Army
• women and children

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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

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In the 1950's, Senator Joseph McCarthy won national attention when he...

• Was convicted as a spy.
• Claimed hundreds of government employees were communists.
• Helped Eisenhower become president.
• Went to Korea and said atomic weapons should be used to break the stalemate.

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According to the document, McCarthy had a list of names of communists in...

• Hollywood
• Government
• Military
• the President's family

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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

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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.

The "Red Scare" means

• People were afraid of the color red.
• People thought Red's were friends. 
• People were afraid of Communists. 
• People were afraid of Democrats. 

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