Red Scare & McCarthyism

Question 1

The Executive part of the US government includes…

Answer 1

President, Vice President, Cabinet, Departments

Question 2

The Legislative part of the US government includes…

Answer 2

Congress, Senate, House of Representatives

Question 3

The Judicial part of the US government includes…

Answer 3

Supreme Court, Other Federal Courts

Question 4

What is Amendment 13 year and content?

Answer 4

1865 - abolition of slavery

Question 5

What is Amendment 14 year and content?

Answer 5

1868 - civil rights for all American citizens

Question 6

What is Amendment 15 year and content?

Answer 6

1870 - granting African American men right to vote

Question 7

Which year does Second World War end and Cold War begin?

Answer 7

1945
(The USA and Soviet Union were initially allies during the World War, but distrust and hatred quickly grew because of a widespread fear of communism. This distrust led to the start of the Cold War after 1945)

Question 8

When does First Red Scare take place?

Answer 8

1919-1920

sparked after the Russian Revolution of 1917

Question 9

When does Second Red Scare take place?

Answer 9

1947-1957

Question 10

When do atomic bombings of Japan happen?

Answer 10

6 and 9 August 1945

Question 11

All countries in Eastern Europe become communist and are satellite states of Soviet Union in the year…

Answer 11

1950

Question 12

Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan launched in year…

Answer 12

1947

Question 13

Who was the director of the FBI in the 1940s?

Answer 13

J. Edgar Hoover

Question 14

What was created by Hoover to investigate government employees?

Answer 14

Federal Loyalty Boards

Question 15

Which organisation is set up in the US to carry out hearings of suspected communist spies?

Answer 15

House Committee on Un-American Activity (HUAC)

Question 16

How many people are accused from Hollywood of being communist?

Answer 16

19

out of which 10 refuse to answer questions

Question 17

Who is arrested for five years for supposedly being a communist spy, and used to work in the State Department previously?

Answer 17

Alger Hiss

Question 18

Rosenbergs are executed for leaking info to the Soviet Union on….

Answer 18

19 June 1953

Question 19

The McCarran Internal Security Act is passed by Congress in the year…

Answer 19

1950

Question 20

When is the McCarran Act strengthened?

Answer 20

1952

Question 21

Who is Joseph McCarthy?

Answer 21

Republican - and becomes Senator of Wisconsin in 1946

Question 22

Which committee is set up to investigate the 205 accusations of McCarthy?

Answer 22

The Tydings Committee by Senator Tydings

Question 23

McCarthy becomes Chairman of the Government Committee on Operations of the Senate in year…

Answer 23

1952

Question 24

Army-McCarthy hearings begin in which year?

Answer 24

1954

Question 25

When does the Senate formally condemn McCarthy by 67 votes to 22?

Answer 25

2 December 1954

Question 26

What did McCarthyism do to the American public?

Answer 26

• Increased anti-communist hysteria
• Increased suspicion of anyone and everyone as being potential spies
• Fewer workers joined trade unions
• People abroad were shocked at American intolerance
• Many people lost jobs
• Politicians with left-wing policies weren’t elected

Question 27

China supported North Korea in the civil war against…?

Answer 27

South Korea and its allies (UN, backed by US)

Question 28

The Korean War lasted till the year…

Answer 28

1953

Question 29

Soviets create their own atomic bomb

Answer 29

1949

Question 30

NATO created in what year and with what aim?

Answer 30

1949 with aim of “collective security” (against communism spread by Soviet Union)

Question 31

Why did the Berlin Airlift occur and in what years?

Answer 31

Occurred in 1948 and 1949, to supply West Berlin’s people with necessities etc as Soviets had blocked road and train supply.

Question 32

The Communist Control Act was of which year and did what?

Answer 32

1954 - implemented by President Eisenhower and criminalised membership or support of the Communist Party of US.