mccrathism Flashcards
what is mccarthyism?
a vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–4.
what happened to people who were accused of being communist or communist sympathisers?
they were imprisoned, black listed and thier lives were taken from them
what was alger hiss accused of? and who was he?
passing on secrets to the soviet union, and was a former state department offical
what was hiss jailed for and for how long?
pergury and for 5 years
who did mccarchy blame for the loss of china?
communist within the state department
what happened to the leaders of the american communist party?
they were arrested
what did hiss’s sentence provide?
evidence of communist infiltration
what was set up by the us senate to investegate suspected communists?
the house of un-American activities commitee(HUAC)
what was required off teachers?
loyalty oaths
what did Eisenhower accuse the democrats of doing?
appeasing communism
how did the red scare influence us policy?
made it a lot harsher towards communism
what happened to the rosenberg’s?
they were executed
what did Eisehhower’s new secretary of state Dulles believe?
the only way to face up to communism abroad was to build up the USA’s nuclear weapons
when was Eisenhower elected and what did this herald?
a firmer usa foreign policy
what did mycarthisym do?
made it so it was no longer possible to challenge us foreign policy without incurring suscipcion of disloyalty.
