Second Red Scare [1947-54]

Question 1

What year was the Second Red Scare?

Answer 1

1947-54.

Question 2

What was the culture of the Hippies?

Counterculture, movement.

Answer 2

Type of culture that exaggerated appearances as ‘unconventional’.
Often refused the laws.
Began in the US in 1964.

Question 3

What was there much of in the 2nd Red Scare?

reactions, presidency.

Answer 3

Paranoia on communism.

Question 4

What was President Truman paranoid about?

“Anyone could be a communist.”

Answer 4

Soviet spy in the govt.

Question 5

President Truman feared communism.
What did the Excecutive Order allow for the FBI to do?

Answer 5

Spy and arrest people under suspicion.

Question 6

What did the USSR have that America wanted to have ownership of first?

think about the biggest creation and production of?

deadly…

Answer 6

Nuclear weapon.

Question 7

Who was the vote of censure passed on against?

Censure: severe disapproval of.

Answer 7

Senator McCarthy.

Question 8

Who was McCarthy and what was he known for?

Starter: He was an American politician.

Answer 8

Republican.
McCarthyism.
Senator of the State of Wisconsin.

Question 9

What was the American people’s biggest worry about the government?

and as a result, what were they limited of?

what did they think they were not doing?

Answer 9

If the goverment was even doing enough to fight the communists and protect the people of America.
Limited of Freedom of Speech.

Question 10

What was the Arms Race?

Answer 10

Developmentof the next big weapon; USSR vs USA [$$$]

Question 11

What was the common inside difference between the 1st Red Scare and the 2nd Red Scare?

Answer 11

USSR was spying on them.

Question 12

What years did the Second Red Scare occur?

Answer 12

1947-1954

Question 13

The Second Red Scare was primarily focused on the threat of what during the Cold War?

Answer 13

Communism.

Question 14

What was a major difference between the First Red Scare and the Second Red Scare?

what did the 2nd scare focus on?

Answer 14

The First Red Scare was primarily about labor unrest and anarchism, while the Second Red Scare focused on the perceived threat of communism during the Cold War.

Question 15

What was the name of a government program that investigated and prosecuted suspected communists during the Second Red Scare?

the american bird…

Answer 15

House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).

Question 16

Which event marked the beginning of the Second Red Scare?

what was so big at the time?

creation of what?

Answer 16

The announcement of the Soviet Union’s successful atomic bomb test in 1949.

Question 17

What was the primary goal of the New Deal in contrast to the Second Red Scare?

what did the New Deal aim to provide [RRR]?

what did the 2nd scare focus on eliminating?

Answer 17

The New Deal aimed to provide economic relief and recovery during the Great Depression, while the Second Red Scare aimed to combat the threat of communism.

Question 18

Who was the senator known for leading anti-communist efforts during the Second Red Scare?
A) Harry Truman.
B) Joseph McCarthy.
C) Richard Nixon.

Answer 18

B) Joseph McCarthy.

Question 19

The Second Red Scare led to the widespread blacklisting of individuals in what kind of media section?

Answer 19

Hollywood and other industries.

Question 20

What was the impact of McCarthyism during the Second Red Scare?
Example: What was there a threat of that ruined careers and reputation?

what did he do that made other fear him?

Answer 20

McCarthyism led to a climate of fear, where many people were accused of being communists without substantial evidence, resulting in ruined careers and reputations.

Question 21

What was the primary legislative response to fears of communism during the Second Red Scare?

think about protection.

Hint: McCarran Internal……..what act?

Answer 21

The McCarran Internal Security Act of 1950.