24 Facts
The Hollywood Blacklist was initiated this year
What is 1947?
During WWII the United States was allied with this Union.
What is the Soviet Union?
A hysteria over the supposed threat posed by the communists in the United States.
What is the red scare?
This led to the rise of McCarthy's power
What is the fear of communism and communists?
He was influential in creating this program
What is the Loyalty Review Program?
This executive order initiated a program of loyalty reviews for federal employees in 1947
What was President Harry Truman's Executive act 9835?
After WWII, the fear of communism became a thing again due to this.
What is the Soviet Union expanding its territory?
This term referred to communists for their allegiance to the red Soviet flag.
What are Reds?
This is another reason for the rise of McCarthyism
What is McCarthy playing dirty and being a bully?
He was involved in this act
Was is the Taft Hartley act?
These two were arrested in 1950 on charges of stealing atomic bomb secrets for the Soviets and were executed in 1953.
Who were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
In 1949, Mao Zedong's communist army was able to take over this territory.
What is mainland China?
A document that listed people that were accused of being communists or sympathizers.
What is a Blacklist?
One reason it is thought that McCarthy died
What is Alcoholism?
The Taft-Hartley Act came into play this year
When was 1947?
Much of the undoing of McCarthyism was at the hands of this court.
What is the Supreme court?
In 1950, this war began pitting the U.S., the U.N., and South Korean forces against communists from North Korea and China.
This committee's main role was to investigate communist and fascist organizations.
What was the HUAC?
When was 1954?
The term McCarthyism comes from this
What is McCarthy's damaging policy ideas?
In 1954, this author co-wrote a book with his brother-in-law defending Senator Joseph McCarthy as a patriotic crusader against communism.
Who is William F. Buckley, Jr.?
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
Anyone who supported or tolerated the communist lifestyle was referred to as this term.
What are Sympathizers?
Many Americans fell under this bad thing
What are false accusations?
He claimed that communists infiltrated this
What is the U.S. Government?