1.3 Events in the US and the Red Scare

Question 1

The role of the FBI

Answer 1

government organisation which investigates enemies
Edgar Hoover worried about spies in the government
Truman agreed employee could be sacked if there were reasonable grounds to believe they were disloyal

Question 2

Federal Loyalty Boards

Answer 2

Checks whether government employees were part of communist party
People found sympathetic of Communism fired

Question 3

House of Un-american activities committee (HUAC)

Answer 3

Set up by Congress
Interviews suspects who went on trial based on responses

Question 4

The Hollywood ten

Answer 4

HUAC investigated film industry as films can act as propaganda
10 people refused to answer to HUAC by pleading the first amendment
They were all sacked and imprisoned for a year

Question 5

The Hiss case 1949

Answer 5

Alger Hiss worked for UN and advised Roosevelt in the conferences and worked for Supreme Court
Editor of the time magazine accused Hiss of communism

Question 6

What happened to Hiss after his microfilm was found

Answer 6

Hiss’s microfilm found by Chamber(Editor) and shown to Nixon
Microfilm shows government documents copies
Hiss found guilty of perjury

Question 7

Rosenberg Case

Answer 7

Julius and Ether part of case discussing who passed atomic secrets to the Soviets
Arrested after invasion of South Korea
Both executed

Question 8

Why was it easy to believe Hiss was disloyal

Answer 8

Events of 1949
Berlin Blockade
CCP wins Civil War
USSR atomic bomb

Question 9

McCarran Act 1950

Answer 9

Communists not allowed US passport
Communists not allowed certain jobs