Which country tested an atomic bomb in 1949?
China
North Korea
The Soviet Union (USSR)
What name was given to the group of writers, producers and directors put in prison after they refused to answer the House Un-American Activities Committee’s (HUAC) questions?
McCarran
The Rosenbergs
The Hollywood Ten
What crime was Alger Hiss jailed for in 1950?
Perjury
Violating the Smith Act
Being a communist
Who was a high-profile target of McCarthyism?
Pat McCarran
General George Marshall
Joseph Stalin
Who did McCarthy target in his 36 days of Senate hearings in 1954?
Dwight D Eisenhower
The army
Klaus Fuchs
Which of these is a feature of a capitalist country?
One-party state
All businesses are state owned
Elections should be democratic
Following the Federal Employee Loyalty Program’s (FELP) investigations between 1947 and 1950, how many people lost their jobs due to being a ‘security risk’?
10
Over 200
3 million
What did the 1950 Internal Security Act, better known as the McCarran Act, put into place?
No communist could work in the defence sector
It was a crime to lie under oath
It became illegal to be a communist
What was set up in the 1930s to investigate anyone suspected of being ‘un-American’?
The Federal Employee Loyalty Program
The House Un-American Activities Committee
The Crucible
What was the name of the popular 1953 film with an anti-communist message?
See It Now
The War of the Worlds