Part 1 - What influenced the political landscape? (Communism)

Question 1

What time period was the 2nd Red scare?

Answer 1

1947-54

Question 2

What influenced the 2nd Red scare?

Answer 2

Growing communism in Eastern European countries

Question 3

Why did the 2nd Red Scare have more basis than the first?

Answer 3

USSR was spying on USA to be nosy about their atomic weapon secrets

Question 4

What happened on the 31st July 1948?

Answer 4

Elizabeth Bentley told HUAC she was involved in a Moscow spy ring

Question 5

What does HUAC stand for?

Answer 5

House Un-American Activities Commission

Question 6

What did Elizabeth Bentley also tell HUAC?

Answer 6

She named other government employees involved in the Moscow spy ring

Question 7

What happened 3 days later?

Answer 7

Whittaker Chambers told HUAC of more gov employees involved with Moscow

Question 8

Why was the trials of Alger Hiss high profile?

Answer 8

He was an advisor to Roosevelt and the Rosenbergs
(Found guilty)

Question 9

What happened in 1949?

Answer 9

China became communist and the USSR held its first nuclear weapon test

Question 10

Why was Truman accused?

Answer 10

Members of China lobby thought he could’ve gave more support to Chinese government leader

Question 11

What had Truman been advised to do?

Answer 11

Not to give support to Chiang as his gov was corrupt

Question 12

What confirmed the critics of Truman’s China policy?

Answer 12

Communist china giving aid to North Korea during the Korean War

Question 13

What did the media begin to question?

Answer 13

Whether the gov was doing enough to fight communism and protect its citizens

Question 14

When was Joseph McCarthy active?

Answer 14

1950-54

Question 15

What did he do on the 9th February 1950?

Answer 15

Made an anti-communist speech to a Republican women’s group

Question 16

What did he say in that speech?

Answer 16

He had the names of 205 known communists working in the State department
(was bluffing)

Question 17

Why was McCarthy dodgy?

Answer 17

Repeatedly changed names from 205, to 57 to 81

Question 18

Why was he still high-profile?

Answer 18

He had a lot of support cuz of strong, firm personality

Question 19

What was set up to investigate his charges?

Answer 19

Tydings Committee

Question 20

What did McCarthy lead?

Answer 20

A series of investigations of suspect communists

Question 21

Why did many people support him?

Answer 21

He encouraged it via speeches, interviews, tv appearances

Question 22

What happened in many parts of the country?

Answer 22

‘Red baiters’ harassed people at work and home

Question 23

What was issued on 14th of July by Tydings Committee?

Answer 23

A report that McCarthy’s accusations were lots of half-truths and lies

Question 24

What happened in 1953?

Answer 24

McCarthy investigated the army

Question 25

Why did McCarthy support die down?

Answer 25

His investigation of the army - Treated interviewees unreasonable

Question 26

What did the Senate do?

Answer 26

Passed a vote of censure against him = Red Scare had died down

Question 27

When was the time period of Anti-communism?

Answer 27

1954-80

Question 28

What was the FBI given powers to?

Answer 28

Investigate people and bring them to be questioned

Question 29

Who could question people?

Answer 29

Loyalty Boards and HUAC, on very little evidence

Question 30

What could the FBI do?

Answer 30

Open letters, tap phones and bug offices and homes

Question 31

How was freedom of speech limited?

Answer 31

They were worried to be suspected if they expressed vague liberal views

Question 32

What happened in the late 1950s?

Answer 32

1/3 of Librarians removed books of Karl Marx to avoid being accused of Communist Sympathisers for stocking them

Question 33

When did Khrushchev visit the USA?

Answer 33

1959

Question 34

What was Khrushchev met with?

Answer 34

Large anti-communist demonstrations "THE ONLY GOOD COMMUNIST IS A DEAD COMMUNIST"

Question 35

What united Republicans and Democrats betw 1953-62?

Answer 35

Anti-communism

Question 36

Why were various groups set up in the 1950s?

Answer 36

To lobby the gov to take a hard line on communist countries

Question 37

What were one of the 'various groups'?

Answer 37

The Committee on the Present Danger set up in 1950

Question 38

Why was the Committee on Present Danger powerful?

Answer 38

It had many powerful gov advisors as members