The Cold War at Home

Question 1

How many Americans claimed loyalty to the Communist Party

Answer 1

80,000

Question 2

What did Anti Communist Republicans accuse Truman of

Answer 2

being soft on communism

Question 3

What was teh Federal Employee Loyalty Program

Answer 3

Included the loyalty review board which investigated federal employee loyalty

Question 4

What did the US attorney general do?

Answer 4

Drew us a list of a suspicious organization

Question 5

What happened with the loyalty review board

Answer 5

3.2 million investigated

210 dismissed

2900 quit

Question 6

What was the HUAC

Answer 6

House Un American Activities Commitee investigated communist influence outside the government

Question 7

What did the Huac believe ?

Answer 7

That communist were sneaking propoganda into films such as pro-Soviet films

Question 8

How many witneses were subpoenad in Sept 1947

Answer 8

43 from Hollywood

Question 9

What did the friendly witneses do?

Answer 9

Supported accusation that communists snuck propoganda into films

Question 10

Who were the 10 Hollywood witnesses?

Answer 10

People who were called to testify they were unfriendly and they refused to answer questions and were sent to prison (HOLLYWOOD 10)

Question 11

What is a blacklist

Answer 11

A list of people whom they commended for having a communist background

Question 12

What happened to people who were blacklisted?

Answer 12

500 actors had their careers ruined

Question 13

What wa the McCarran Internal Security Act

Answer 13

It made it wnlawful to plan any action that might lead to the establishment of a totalitarian dictatorship in the US

Question 14

What did Truman do to the McCarran

Answer 14

Vetoed it. He said that in a afree country you didn’t judge opinions

Question 15

What did congress do to the bill

Answer 15

Passed it

Question 16

Who accused Alger Hiss

Answer 16

IN 1948, a former communist Whittaker Chambers

Question 17

How did Chambers provide evidence

Answer 17

He showed microfilm of govt documents that were on his typewriter

Question 18

What were problems that the jury had

Answer 18

Too many years had passed for the govt to charge him with espionage

Question 19

What was Hiss charged with

Answer 19

Perjury

Question 20

Which Republican congrassman gained faim for persuing charges against hiss

Answer 20

Richard Nixon

Question 21

Although Hiss denied the charges Soviet Cables showed what

Answer 21

He was guilty

Question 22

On September, 3, 1949Americans learned that

Answer 22

The Soviets exploded an atomic bomb

Question 23

What did people think

Answer 23

They wondered if Communist supporters in the US had leaked the secret

Question 24

In 1950, the Germany born physiist Klaus Fuchs admitted giving the Soviet Unin admitted

Answer 24

giving the Soviets information

Question 25

The information probably enabled Soviets Scientists to developed. Implicated in this case were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg:

Answer 25

minor Activists in the communist party

Question 26

When asked if they were communists, what did the Rosenberrgs do

Answer 26

denied the charges against themselves and pleaded the 5th amendment

Question 27

What did they claim:

Answer 27

They were being persecuted for holding radical beliefs and being Jewish

Question 28

What happened to the Rosenbergs

Answer 28

They were found guilty of espionage and sentanced to death

Question 29

What did people all over the world do for the Rosenberg?

Answer 29

They appealed to the clemency for the couple. Many considered the evidence and the testimony too weak for the death sentance

Question 30

What did the US Supreme Court do?

Answer 30

The case was appealed but the Court refused and to overturn th econviction

Question 31

What was the month that the Rosenbergs were executed

Answer 31

July, 1953

Question 32

Who was the most famous anti Communist activist

Answer 32

Senator Joseph McCarthy

Question 33

What reputation did McCarthy do

Answer 33

he was an ineffective legislator. He realized that he was going to need a winning issue so he Charged the communists were taking over the government

Question 34

What was the McCarthyism

Answer 34

he made the unfair accusation about Communism to people. McCarthyism was the unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyatly without providing evidence.

Question 35

At various times, McCarthy claimed to have in his hands the names of

Answer 35

57, 81, 205 people in the state departemt who were Communists ( he couldnt produce names)

Question 36

Even though McCarthy accused the Democrats for 20 years of treason, why did the Republicans not do anything to stop this?

Answer 36

Because they it helped them. He was not issued with slandar

Question 37

What happened to McCarhty

Answer 37

He accused the US Army of being communist. Then he had a downfall

Question 38

What were laws that went against communis

Answer 38

Made it illegal to speak out against the government. Violated rights