24 facts
what was the result of the first red scare?
caused production needs to decline and unemployment to rise and made no one trust each other.
What year did The Soviet union try a Atomic Bomb
1949
Why was the red scare such a big deal?
Because there could of been communist spy's anywhere.
what were the primary targets
It was the hunt for government employees that were communist spies.
What were the HUAC?
The House Un-American Activities Committee
What did Russia and the USA do when the cold war started.
what year did the Korean War start
1950
What would happen if your name was submitted to the various intelligence units?
they would do a complete background check on you and completely find all your information.
what was President Harry Truman's Executive Order 9835 involving?
It was program of loyalty reviews for federal employees in 1947.
Why was Klaus Fuchs a big impact during the war?
because he gave the Soviet Union secrets while working on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamo's National Laboratory during the War.
What was the Result of the ten Hollywood blacklist.
A lot of people didn't have jobs because no one trusted each other.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
A Marine Corps veteran of World War II, McCarthy was elected to the U.S. Senate from Wisconsin in 1946.
why did Eisenhower did not want to confront Joe McCarthy at all.
Because McCarthy was a Republican, after all, and many fellow senators supported him.
what did Alger Hiss have to do with the fear of infiltration of the untied states.
Hiss was found guilty of espionage
What did the The Department of Justice start doing to keep track of potential communist?
They started keeping a list of organizations that they thought were suspicious at the beginning of 1942.
Who was Elizabeth Terrill Bentley
A American spy for the soviet union.
when did the American Activities Committee start
1938
Who sold Classified documents to the Russians and were sentenced to death via electric chair.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
who was J. Robert Oppenheimer?
Was Hollywood still making films during the red scare and the involvement of the Hollywood ten?
YES.
When was the Crucible Released.
1952
what were one of the many punishments the Hollywood ten received?
attentive court,6 months to one year in prison and black listed.
What classified document that was sold to the Russian was most important?
Thee Manhattan Project that built the atomic bomb.
who was J. Edgar Hoover.
He was the FBI director and also one of the nation's most fervent anti-communists.
who was Igor Sergeyevich Gouzenko and what was his involvement in the beginning of the cold war?
Gouzenko exposed Joseph Stalin's efforts to steal nuclear secrets, and the technique of planting sleeper agents. which also was a spark for the cold war.