USA Quiz 1

Question 1

What happened to 10 members of the communist party (USA) in 1949?

Answer 1

Sentenced to 5yrs in jail /$10000 fine

Question 2

Who was the anti communist head of FBI?

Answer 2

J. Edgar Hoover

Question 3

What does HUAC stand for?

Answer 3

The house of un-american activities committee

Question 4

What were the Rosenberg’s accused of and what happened to them?

Answer 4

Giving secret instruction on how to make atomic bomb to USSR
- executed in June 1953

Question 5

What was internal security act of 1950 known as (this stopped us communists having passports /had to be registered )

Answer 5

Thé mccarran act

Question 6

When did Joseph McCarthy first rise to attention with his worrying speech?

Answer 6

1950

Question 7

How many ppl did he accuse in the government of being communists ? How many did he later reduce this to? How many did he again reduce it to when acc wrote the report?

Answer 7

200 ,80, 57

Question 8

Of these numbered in the report , how many have already been cleared /how many were still being investigated ?

Answer 8

35,22

Question 9

What were the attacks when being accused as communist called , give details of ppl who were attacked ?

Answer 9

THÉ WITCH HUNTS
General Marshall accused of being centre of national conspiracy
-100+ uni lecturers were fired
- HUAC blacklisted 324 Hollywood personalities

Question 10

Who opposed McCarthy and when was his downfall?

Answer 10

THÉ NEW YORK TIMES , THE WASHINGTON POST, ARTHUR MILLER’s ‘the crucible’ , OWEN LATTIMORE, ED MURROW

OCT 1953 onwards