Federal Employee Loyalty Program- Fear of Communist Influence

Question 1

President Truman issued an executive order in March 1947 setting up which program?

Answer 1

Federal Employee Loyalty Program

Question 2

When did Truman issue an executive order setting up the Federal Employee Loyalty Program?

Answer 2

March 1947

Question 3

the attorney general compiled a list of how many subversive organisations?

Answer 3

91

Question 4

in which years did loyalty review boards investigate employees?

Answer 4

1947-1951

Question 5

loyalty review boards investigated how many employees?

Answer 5

3.2M

Question 6

how many federal employees were dismissed as security risks?

Answer 6

212

Question 7

how many federal employees resigned thanks to (but not forced to by) the whole federal review thing?

Answer 7

2.9K

Question 8

Federal Employee Loyalty Program (3-4)

Answer 8

1. Strongly anti-Communist Republicans accused Truman of being soft on communism and so he did this.
2. Federal Employee Loyalty Program (3)
3. Government Loyalty Review Board Investigations (5)
4. Impact. (free for all 3)

Question 9

Federal Employee Loyalty Program (3-4)
2. Federal Employee Loyalty Program (3)

Answer 9

a. President Truman issued an executive order setting up the program. (gen info) (3)
b. Purpose was to investigate government employees and dismiss anyone disloyal to the U.S. government.
c. The attorney general compiled a list of 91 “subversive” (traitorous/un-American) organizations. (Membership in any of these groups was grounds for suspicion.)

Question 10

Federal Employee Loyalty Program (3-4)
2. Federal Employee Loyalty Program (3)
a. President Truman issued an executive order setting up the program. (gen info) (3)

Answer 10

i. Executive Order 9835
ii. March 1947
iii. Includes the Loyalty Review Board

Question 11

Federal Employee Loyalty Program (3-4)
3. Government Loyalty Review Board Investigations (4+1)

Answer 11

a. From 1947 to 1951
b. Loyalty boards investigated 3.2 million employees.
c. 212 were dismissed as security risks.
d. 2,900 individuals resigned: (2)
e. Those under investigation were not allowed to see evidence against them.

Question 12

Federal Employee Loyalty Program (3-4)
3. Government Loyalty Review Board Investigations (4+1)
d. 2,900 individuals resigned: (2)

Answer 12

i. To avoid being investigated
ii. OR because they felt their constitutional rights were being violated.

Question 13

Federal Employee Loyalty Program (3-4)
4. Impact. (free for all 3)

Answer 13

a. Contributed to the atmosphere of suspicion and fear in America during the Cold War.
b. Resulted in restrictions on civil liberties and freedom of expression.
i. Led to accusations of McCarthyism and government overreach.
c. Raised questions about the balance between national security and individual rights.