24 Facts
What is the Republican Party?
After WWII this war started between America and the Soviet Union.
What is the Cold War?
This man was a spy that penetrated into President Eisenhower's Department of State.
Who was Alger Hiss?
This group formed in 1938 as an anti-Communist organization.
What is the House Un American Activities Committee?
Arthur Miller wass married to this actress.
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
This CBS newscaster and analyst strongly opposed McCarthyism and talked about it on the show See It Now.
Who is Edward R. Murrow?
Exposure of McCarthy to the American public after the army incident resulted in a sharp decline in this.
What is his popularity?
These people were spies and stole secrets from the Manhatan Project.
Who were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
This group undid a majority of McCarthy's work.
Who are the Supreme Court?
Arthur Miller was found guilty of this, was fined $500 and sentenced to 30 days in prison.
What is contempt?
This group started when multiple Hollywood entertainment professionals were summoned to talk to the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) on the suspicion that their work was communist-inspired.
Who were the Hollywood 10?
The US supported this side during the Korean War.
What is South Korea?
This US president told all administration officials and all executive branch employees to ignore any call from McCarthy to testify.
Who was President Eisenhower?
When Arthur Miller attended the hearing, he gave the committee this.
What is a detailed account of his political activities?
The Crucible was written by this American author.
Who is Arthur Miller?
William F. Buckley Jr. and L. Brent Bozell Jr. wrote this book defending Senator Joseph McCarthy as a patriotic crusader against communism.
What is McCarthy and His Enemies?
This world leader came to power in mainland China despite heavy American financial support for the opposing Kuomintang.
Who was Mao Zedong?
In 1954 this US senator changed the communist investigations towards members of the US military and cabinet.
Who is Joespeh McCarthy?
McCarthy died 3 years after his censure due to this.
What is excessive drinking?
This many people lost their jobs after McCarthyism.
What is 12,000 jobs?
This program tested the loyalty of Federal employees in 1947.
What is President Harry Truman's Executive Order 9835?
This US government party helped to organize labor unions and was opposed to fascism, it gained a membership of about 75,000 members in 1940-1941.
What is the Communist Party?
Poltical scientist beileved this was the true way President Eisenhower battled McCarthyism.
What is an indirect approach?
In this town Joseph McCarthy gained national recognition by saying he had a list of administration officials and all executive branch employees that would ignore any call from McCarthy to testify.
What is Wheeling, West Virginia?
McCarthyism also targeted this group of people besides communist.
Who were Homosexuals?