Chapter 1 - The Red Scare and McCarthyism Flashcards
When was the Truman Doctrine announced?
March 1947
What would the Truman Doctrine do?
Provide support to any country resisting takeover by other groups or countries (by which they meant communists)
What was introduced as financial aid to the Truman Doctrine?
The Marshall Plan
What did the Marshall Plan do?
Gave millions of dollars of aid to many European countries suffering from economic problems
What did the FBI set up
Federal Loyalty Boards
What did the US Government set up in 1938 to ‘monitor Extremist Groups?
House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)
What did the HUAC do?
Monitor extremist groups
Why did HUAC start public hearings
To educate the public and exposing traitors (communists)
What were suspects asked
‘Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?’
Who were the Hollywood 10
10 out of 41 Hollywood writers, producers and directors for questioning
What did the Hollywood 10 plead
The First Amendment - right of everyone to their own views and free speech
What did the Hollywood 10 cause on HUAC, Hysteria, Hollywood
- More HUAC publicity
- Increased anti-communist hysteria
- More production of anti- communist films
Who was Alger Hiss in the 1930’s
Member of the State Department and an important adviser to President Roosevelt and in WWII
Why did Hiss go to trial
Nixon insisted he was leaking information to the Soviet Union
Alger Hiss Case
Went to trial 1949
January 1950 convicted to prison for 5 years for lying to the court
He was never convicted of being a spy
Hoover was proved right that communists were everywhere
