RED SCARE:THE HISS CASE Flashcards
Who was Alger Hiss?
A member of the State Department
had been an important adviser to President Roosevelt in WII
What happened during an HUAC hearing regarding Hiss?
During a HUAC hearing Hiss was named as a member of a communist group
What happened when the HUAC called him in for questioning?
He denied being a communist
Why did Hiss go to trial if he had denied being a communist?
RICHARD NIXON a member of the HUAC insisted Hiss had been LEAKING info to the SU
When did Hiss go to trial?
1949
*Was Alger Hiss found guilty or innocent?
*Guilty, sentenced to 5 years for perjury in JANUARY 1950
Why did people think Alger Hiss was a spy?
Because he went prison and found guilty for something
How did Alger Hiss’s sentencing help Hoover?
It proved that he was right, it proved communists were EVERYWHERE even in high levels of gov
What was happening at the same time as the HISS trial ?
the soviet atomic bomb, SVN Korea=peak communist fears
