24 Facts
Was a conservative American author and commentator.
Who was William F. Buckley, Jr.
In 1950s America was overwhelmed with concerns about the threat of?
What was communism growing
In the early 1950s, American leaders repeatedly told the public that they should be?
What was fearful of subversive Communist influence in their lives.
Saw its policies as evidence that Communist policy-makers in the Roosevelt administration had heavily influenced the government.
What was equated the New Deal with socialism or Communism
Was an American spy for the Soviet Union from 1938 until 1945?
Who was Elizabeth Terrill Bentley?
One of the most influential opponents of McCarthyism was the famed CBS newscaster and analyst?
Who was Edward R. Murrow.
During WWII, the United States was allied with?
Who was the Soviet Union
Reached a fever pitch when.
When was between 1950 and 1954
FBI director
Who was J. Edgar Hoover
Began almost immediately, as the Soviet Union installed repressive Communist puppet régimes across Central and Eastern Europe, while the United States backed right-wing forces in Greece and China.
When did the The Cold War start?
A key figure in the end of the blacklisting of McCarthyism was?
Who was John Henry Faulk?
The Soviet Union tested an atomic bomb in?
When was 1949
Ike simply said that administration officials and all executive branch employees would ignore any call from McCarthy to testify.
When was May 1954
A high-level State Department official, was convicted of perjury.
Who was Alger Hiss
Was a cipher clerk for the Soviet Embassy to Canada in Ottawa, Ontario.
Who was Igor Sergeyevich Gouzenko?
Much of the undoing of McCarthyism came at the hands of?
What was Supreme Court?
When was the Korean War?
When was 1950
Senate passed a motion of condemnation, in a vote of 67 to 22. McCarthy was ruined—and within three years he was dead from alcohol abuse.
When was In early December 1954,
Confessed to committing espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union while working on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos National Laboratory during the War.
Who was Klaus Fuchs
During this hunt for Communists included government employees, those in the entertainment industry, educators and union activists.
What is Primary targets
Referred to progressive reforms such as child labor laws and women's suffrage as "Communist" or "Red plots"
Who was conservative politicians?
A Marine Corps veteran of World War II, McCarthy was elected to the U.S. Senate from Wisconsin in 1946.
Who was Joseph McCarthy
McCarthy turned his investigatory resources on?
Who was the US Army and on members of the administration itself.
They were arrested in 1950 on charges of stealing atomic bomb secrets for the Soviets and were executed in 1953.
Who was Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
The Hollywood Ten were also called?
Who was The Hollywood Blacklist