2.3 Increasing Cold War Tensions

Question 1

Describe McCarthyism

Answer 1

• After ‘loss of China’ Joseph McCarthy created anti-Soviet hysteria to discredit Truman’s administration

Question 2

How did the Red Scare impact Eisenhower’s election?

Answer 2

• Republicans took advantage of McCarthyism and attacked Truman and Democrats for being too ‘soft’ on Communism in election campaign
• New Look policy shaped by Red Scare

Question 3

What was the downfall of Joseph McCarthy?

Answer 3

• attacked the army
• McCarthyism declined by 1954

Question 4

What triggered McCarthyism?

Answer 4

China turning communist