23.3 – Flashcards
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All of the following statements about the Cold War's impact on American life are true EXCEPT:
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Cold War military spending weakened the economy.
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What reason did the Hollywood Ten give for not cooperating with the HUAC hearings?
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They felt the hearings were a violation of the First Amendment.
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The Hollywood Ten:
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refused to name names.
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg:
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were executed after a questionable trial.
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Joe McCarthy announced that he had a list of 205 communists who worked for the:
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State Department.
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Who were the common victims of McCarthyism?
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Virtually anyone who refused to cooperate with the investigations.
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Joesph McCarthy:
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was an embarrassment to his party by 1954.
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Dennis v. U.S.:
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upheld the jailing of communists.
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Which does Henry Steele Commager identify as the "new loyalty" in America?
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Anticommunism
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The McCarran-Walter Act:
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authorized the deportations of communists.
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Operation Wetback:
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deported illegal aliens found in Mexican-American neighborhoods.
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Organized labor emerged as:
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a major supporter of the foreign policy of the Cold War.
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The impact of the Cold War on the civil rights movement:
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included government action against black leaders.
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What do authors of NSC-68 identify as the "most contagious idea in history"?
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Freedom
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In "Who Is Loyal to America?" Henry Steele Commager:
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believes that the narrow definition of loyalty denied freedom of thought.
