Red Scare & McCarthyism Flashcards
How many supporters had the Communist Party never risen above?
100,000
In 1950s how many Americans belonged to Communist Party?
fewer than 50,000
What caused a swell in Communist party membership?
the depression - so a swell in the 1930s
By the end of the 1930s what had Communist party membership swollen to?
55,000
How many soviet agents reporting to NKVD were in the USA in 1941?
221
What was concerning about the Soviets and the atomic bomb?
- Stalin knew more about the Manhattan Project than VP Truman
Who was the cypher clerk who defected and was leaking vital secrets to the Soviets? When did he defect?
Gouzenko
1945
Who was arrested in Britain and when for selling Manhattan project secrets to the Soviets?
Karl Fuchs
When were the Rosenberg’s convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage?
1951
When were the Rosenberg’s executed?
1953
When was the ‘loss of china?’
1949
Who massively protested about the loss of China? who did they blame?
Right Wing Press and China Lobby
Blamed democrats for being too soft and not intervening
What did Democratic Senator McCarran attempt to convince people?
China fell due to work of secret communist infiltrators in the state department
By 1948 how many successive presidential elections had the republicans lost?
5
When was HUAC set up?
1938
Who was HUAC initially led by?
Martin Dies
What was notable about HUAC and the KKK?
Martin Dies supported KKK
Some HAUC members were Klansmen
KKK supported HUAC
Which notable newspaper tycoon supported HUAC and the campaign against communism?
Randolph Hearst
Who did HUAC initially go after?
Democrats and New Deal Projects
Which New Deal Project did HUAC especially go after?
Federal Writers Project
When was HUAC’s campaign against Hollywood?
1947-51
How many in Hollywood were ‘blacklisted’?
320
What type of institutions mimicked McCarthy and HUAC?
school boards and state legislatures
Who was head of the FBI during McCarthyism?
Edgar Hoover