Key Dates
The year the HUAC (House Un American Activities Committee) was founded
What is 1938?
Free Point!!!
Hooray!
Soon after WWII (1945-1950)
What year did McCarthyism Start?
When is 1950s
OK :)
The year the Hollywood Ten were accused of Communism
What is 1947?
The president who created the Federal Employee Loyalty Program (and Loyalty Review Board)
Who was Truman?
A factor that led to growing fear of communism in the US
(Many answers)
What is McCarthyism?
A political philosophy that labeled everyone who did not cooperate with investigations as communist
The name of the campaign against homosexuals/queer people originating through the ideology of the red scare
The lavender scare
The year that the Loyalty Review Board was created
What is 1947?
A soviet spy prosecuted by Richard Nixon
Who was Alger Hiss?
The event that led to McCarthy losing his credibility
What is accusing the military of being communists?
Who spearheaded McCarthyism
Senator McCarthy
Name one person who was accused of communism
A lot of people (I didn't want to write them all)
The year of the Veona project
What is 1493?
Two Soviet Spies who provided the soviet union with american military plans, including the nuclear plans
Who were the Rosenbergs?
When the first red war began
What is World War 1
What are some causes of McCarthyism?
The Korean War ends in a stalemate
According to the video, who did the red scare take its greatest toll on
What are artists and entertainers?
The year the Rosenbergs were executed
What is 1953?
A vice president (and eventual president) who gained fame by prosecuting a soviet spy
Who was Richard Nixon?
This project revealed countless Soviet Spies
What was the Veona project
What happened to McCarthy
He lost all credibility after accusing the army of communism.
This term, based on the lavender scare, refers to a male-female marriage where one or both partners is secretly queer.
What is a lavender marriage?