McCarthyism

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12th Grade

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Anna Lepkowski

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McCarthyism

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What does this comic tell you about Americans during the Cold War?

Type response here

Multiple Choice

Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?

to airlift food to the people of West Berlin

to bomb East Berlin

to demolish the Berlin Wall

to transport people out of East Berlin

Multiple Choice

The ____________ cut off Eastern Europe from the West metaphorically speaking.

The Marshall Plan

The Berlin Airlift

WWII

The Iron Curtain

Multiple Choice

What was the goal of the Truman Doctrine?

Keep Communism Contained

Help the Spread of Communism

Decision to drop the Atomic Bomb

Give the USSR money

Multiple Choice

What was the goal of the Truman Doctrine?

Keep Communism Contained

Help the Spread of Communism

Decision to drop the Atomic Bomb

Give the USSR money

Multiple Choice

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.

Multiple Choice

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.

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

True or False?
Senator McCarthy was able to produce a list and proved his conspiracy charges.

True

False

Multiple Choice

McCarthyism targeted which groups?

Farmers, business people, and White House employees

The rich, immigrants, and teachers

Teachers, Hollywood celebrities, government employees

College students, professors, and homosexuals

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