Red scare revision

Question 1

The US government takes action, 1947-49​

Answer 1

Truman doctrine, the marshall plan, NATO

Question 2

What is the Truman doctrine?

Answer 2

The US promised to help any country trying to fight communism.​ The USA would support any country threatened by communist takeover.​

• E.g. The USA gave 400 million dollars of aid to turkey to stop communism from spreading.​

Question 3

What was the marshall plan?

Answer 3

The US gave billions of dollars to countries to bribe them into being capitalist.​ This promised aid to European countries to help rebuild their economies.​

Question 4

What was the NATO?

Answer 4

The US created a military alliance with other countries like Britain to intimidate the USSR.​

Question 5

When was the truman doctrine?

Answer 5

1947

Question 6

When was the marshall plan?

Answer 6

1948

Question 7

When was the NATO made?

Answer 7

1949

Question 8

Reasons for red scare

Answer 8

Many people in America were against communism because they felt it went against the ideas of the American Dream. If it spread to the USA people felt it would threaten their way of life

Between 1945 and 1955 events outside of the USA led people to think that communism was spreading very quickly

Russia developed their first atom bomb in 1949, putting them on a more level footing with the USA

China became communist in 1949.​

Question 9

What did Truman do to stop communisim?

Answer 9

The marshall plan

Question 10

Berlin blockade

Answer 10

The Berlin Blockade was an attempt in 1948 by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of the United States, Great Britain, and France to travel to their sectors

Question 11

Stalin

Answer 11

Dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953

Question 12

President Truman

Answer 12

Truman is the American president that ended WW2 by dropping the atomic bomb on Japan. He is also known for the Marshall plan

Question 13

Capitalism

Answer 13

An economic and political system in which businesses belong mostly to private owners, not to the government

Question 14

Communism

Answer 14

Someone who supports communism, a political system in which the government controls the production of food and goods and there is no privately owned property

Question 15

HUAC

Answer 15

HUAC was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and rebel activities on the part of private citizens, public employees and organizations suspected of having Communist ties. Citizens suspected of having ties to the communist party would be tried in a court of law.

Question 16

Federal Loyalty Boards

Answer 16

Allowed the FBI to research whether the name of any of 2 million federal employees raised questions about their associations and beliefs

Question 17

3,000,000 = 3,000

Answer 17

Investigated 3,000,000 fired or forced to resign because they were suspected to be communist with no proof 3,000

Question 18

Blacklisted

Answer 18

A list of banned or excluded things

Question 19

Who was McCarthy ​

Answer 19

Joseph McCarthy was the senator of Wisconsin.​

Question 20

What is McCarthyism?​

Answer 20

McCarthyism is the name given to the practice of making accusations of political disloyalty without evidence (witch hunts).​

Question 21

What did Mcarthy do

Answer 21

He accused people of being a comminist. His accusations continued for 4 years causing fear and panic amongst the American public before he was discredited as a liar and bully.

Question 22

Why did Mcarthy have so much support?

Answer 22

The media, the work of HUAC, fear of being labaled as a coumminist, his position, other republicans (like Nixon)

Question 23

Why did people support McCarthyism

Answer 23

Anti communist beliefs, media intrests, McCarthys reputation, fear