18 And 19

Question 1

Truman

Answer 1

Federal employee loyalty program

- Slightest suspicion could put workers out of a job
- Association with radicals was a cause for firing

Loyalty program

• 3 million investigated,3k forced to resign, 210 fired
  - no positive proof ever foundwhat disloyalty in government

Question 2

Eisenhower

Answer 2

Republican president 1952

Name means iron axe

Wife’s name is mamie

Question 3

Stevenson

Answer 3

Democrat president candidate

“Ticket for you not just the few”

Knew almost impossible to beat War hero

Time to talk sense into America

One of most eloquent campaigns

Question 4

JFK

Answer 4

Pres during bay of pigs and Cuban missile crisis

Question 5

Nixon

Answer 5

Republican vp 1952

Went on goodwill tour in 1959 to ease tension between soviets

Question 6

Hoover

Answer 6

Head of FBI
Believed 1/3 world populations was part of a great communist conspiracy
One of the most powerful men in US history
His name struck fear in many people

Question 7

Fuchs

Answer 7

British scientist
Admitted to giving specifications for atomic bomb to soviets
Indicated the rosenbergs were involved

Question 8

McCarthy

Answer 8

• Republican senator from Wisconsin
• Became strongest political power in the country; other than major party leaders
• Accused demo arts of “20 years of treason”
• Forced removal of communist books from libraries
• Accused secretary army of espionage
• Accused general zuiker of shielding communists
• Showed himself to be rude and a bully
• Condemned by state in 54

Question 9

Rosenbergs

Answer 9

Charged with conspiracy for giving away bomb secrets

Ethel’s bro who worked on Manhattan project accused them of recruiting him to collect info

Found guilty and executed

Maintained innocence till the end

Recently released Soviet documents seem to confirm their guilt

Question 10

Chambers

Answer 10

Time magazine senior editor
Told Nixon about Hiss
Has been a communist

Question 11

Explorer 1

Answer 11

Americans first satellite

Question 12

Sputnik

Answer 12

The successful launch shocked the world, giving the former Soviet Union the distinction of putting the first human-made object into space.

Launched by soviets

First artificial earth satellite

Question 13

HUAC

Answer 13

House un American activities committee

Before World War Two looked at communist influence in new deal

After World War Two the publicly probed Truman admin

Question 14

Red scare

Answer 14

Intense fear of communism

Causes of: spread of communism
Soviets and atomic bombs
Use of dead

Some peoples were looking to discredit FDR and the new deal

Question 15

Mike

Answer 15

First us h bomb

Question 16

Bikini island

Answer 16

Nuclear tests

Question 17

Pumpkin papers

Answer 17

Chambers, pumpkin patch, investigators, microfilm

Micro film allegedly had secret state dept documents

Linked to hiss

Question 18

Eisenhower doctrine

Answer 18

Gave money to Middle East countries who wanted to keep communism out

Question 19

McCarran act

Answer 19

Illegal for American citizens to engage in activities that would create a communist govt

Communist had to register with federal govt
Not allowed to work in defense plants
Not get US passport

This was vetoed by Truman but congress overrides

Question 20

Hotel Taft

Answer 20

.illegal Soviet spies coming to New York stayed her and were trained

Question 21

Hollywood ten

Answer 21

• Hollywood writers forced to appear in from of HUAC to answer questions of appeasing communism/
• said the first amendment gave them the right to not say anything
• Assault on film industry
• gene Kelly, Humphrey bogart, Lauren Bacall
• lots blacklisted and 324 were fired

Question 22

Highway system

Answer 22

Creation of toll roads

Question 23

Bay of pigs

Answer 23

Cuba

La Birgida ( exiled rebels from Cuba)

US helped

Disaster

JFK calls off air support to help

Castro captured some of them

Question 24

Operation mongoose

Answer 24

CIA action 
Interrupt trade 
Raids by exiles 
Get rid of Castro
All else fails-kill him

Question 25

Cuban missile crisis

Answer 25

Lasted 6 days Ussr wants to put missiles in Cuba Us blockades Cuba Soviets send ships there

Question 26

Public info and spying

Answer 26

Us and soviets didn't trust eachother Legal Soviet agents collected info through newspapers and other public documents Legal spies were in the us on official business Illegal ones were not in the us on officially business and forged their way over with fake documents and names

Question 27

Problems-1952 election

Answer 27

Korea= stalemate Inflation China lost to communism Corruption in Washington

Question 28

1959 new states

Answer 28

Alaska | Hawaii

Question 29

Pactomania

Answer 29

Dulles METO SEATO fear of all Asia failing to communism

Question 30

Mutual defense treaty

Answer 30

1954 Said we'd protect from communist china

Question 31

Another name for METO

Answer 31

Baghdad pact

Question 32

Foreign affairs late 1950's Eastern EU

Answer 32

Complex word problems had developed Worker strike in Berlin and Hungary where soviets sent troops in and squashed them

Question 33

Anti communist feelings

Answer 33

People were worried that it would spread The bomb was created And spies were a big thingy

Question 34

Servicemen readjustment act

Answer 34

GI bill Designed to ease transitions from military to civilian life Offered veterans benefits like educations and low interest mortgages

Question 35

Baby boom

Answer 35

1946-1963 Lots of babies were born

Question 36

Suburbia

Answer 36

Residential district located on outskirts of cities Lots of people moved to them

Question 37

White collar workers pros

Answer 37

``` Pension plan Medical insurance performance bonus Expense account Company car Paid vacation ```

Question 38

White collar workers cons

Answer 38

Basically the company owned them

Question 39

Operation paper clip

Answer 39

Took 14 tons of paper and such from German science labs

Question 40

Gary powers

Answer 40

U2 Pilot shot down over Soviet skies Incident gave soviets proof we were spying on them

Question 41

Castro

Answer 41

Leader of Cuba

Question 42

Hiss

Answer 42

Member of communist party accused of being a spy Had influential jobs in society an govt ( went to Yalta with Fdr) Discredited Nixon during interrogation 1950 2 counts of perjury with five years

Question 43

Foreign affairs Middle East

Answer 43

NASSAR (Egypt) Anti west feelings Arms dealt with ussr Attack on Israel

Question 44

Foreign affairs china

Answer 44

Mainland shells nationalist Chinese islands

Question 45

Foreign affairs ussr

Answer 45

Warns us to leave Britain

Question 46

Foreign affairs Latin America

Answer 46

Monroe doc. Often assisted oppressive govts Castro comes to power in Cuba

Question 47

Foreign affairs good will tour

Answer 47

Nixon 1959 Ease tension between soviets