Communist Hunters
Government Policies & Programs
Cold War Hot Spots
The Spy Cases
Korean Conflict
100
As Director of the FBI, this man worked with Congress to uncover communists in the US. He also secretly gave information regarding Alger Hiss to a HUAC member trying to prove Hiss was a spy.
Who is J. Edgar Hoover?
100
The European Recovery Program, a brilliant US loan program to help re-build the capitalist economies of Europe, was created by this US Secretary of State.
Who is George Marshall?
100
This Cold War 'hot spot" became the most important symbol of the conflict between capitalism and communism. Here, the conflict was over free access to western Europe and the US and spying.
What is Berlin?
100
This term is defined as: One who attempts to overthrow or undermine a government or political system while working secretly within it.
What is a subversive?
100
This nation's forces "fired the first shot" in the Korean war.
What is North Korea?
200
As the Chairman of HUAC, this man led congressional efforts to root out communism in the US. He later went to prison for an illegal "kickback" scheme.
Who is J. Parnell Thomas?
200
NSC #68 claimed that communism was a worldwide movement intending to take over the Earth AND it was headquartered here.
What is Moscow?
200
This Cold war "hot spot" centered on access to the Mediterranean and the competition between communism and capitalism as influential ideologies.
What are Greece and/or Turkey?
200
The one-time communist spy who was used by HUAC to try to bring down a prominent Democrat.
Who is Whittaker Chambers?
200
At the beginning of the Korean War, this area became the last-stand for the US-UN-South Korean side as the enemy took nearly all of the Korean peninsula.
What is Pusan?
300
As the President of the Screen Actors' Guild, a labor union, this man told the government about people in Hollywood he thought might be communists.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
300
Owning politically radical books, attending foreign films, and supporting equal rights for women or minorities was grounds for dismissal from a federal government job according to this federal program.
What is the Federal Employee Loyalty Program?
300
The definition of this term is: "A diplomatic tug-of-war for territory and influence between the US and its allies and the USSR and its allies."
What is the Cold War?
300
An American atomic scientist who was executed for passing secrets to the USSR.
Who is Julius Rosenberg?
300
This was the area where General Douglas MacArthur pulled off a risky invasion that cut off enemy supply lines and dramatically changed the war.
What is Inchon?
400
The "star" of HUAC and the Hiss Case, this congressman later became President of the US.
Who is Richard Nixon?
400
According to this US strategy, the US would seek to keep communism within the borders where it already existed and not let it spread to new areas.
What is the Containment Policy?
400
This place was the first Cold War "hot spot" to occur after WWII and the conflict was over oil, Soviet access to a warm water port, and spying.
What is Iran?
400
One of the "Cambridge Spies" who gave the Soviets secrets of US Cold War strategies.
Who is Kim Philby, Donald MacLean, or Guy Burrgess?
400
This US military leader was fired by President Truman because he argued publicly against Truman's desire to stay out of war with China and the USSR.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
500
A US Senator from Wisconsin, this man claimed that important institutions in the US, like the State Department and the Army, had been infiltrated by communist agents.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
500
According to this US foreign policy, the US would help any nation on Earth that was trying to protect itself from communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
500
America's continual need for more global markets, our desire to stop the spread of communism, and the beginning of the Atomic Bomb era were all reasons why this US traditional approach to the rest of the world became obsolete after WWII.
What is isolationism?
500
This man was a German-born, British scientist who gave Manhattan Project secrets to Soviet agents.
Who is Klaus Fuchs?
500
This post-WWII spy case was perhaps the most damaging to the US because the spies gave to the USSR information about our strategies in Korea which probably cost a few thousand American lives.
What is the Cambridge Spy Case?
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