AP Success - AP US History: Red Scare & McCarthyism Primary Sources
Question 1
Evidence of Soviet espionage within the State Department.
Confidential communications between State Department officials and the Soviet Union.
A list of State Department policies influenced by Communism.
The names of 57 Communists in the State Department.
Question 2
The Second Red Scare of the late 1940s and early 1950s.
The Cold War détente of the 1970s.
The First Red Scare following World War I.
The post-Cold War era of the 1990s.
Question 3
The implementation of policies to promote freedom of speech and political diversity.
The creation of new departments to manage post-war reconstruction.
Efforts to investigate and remove alleged subversives from government positions.
The establishment of diplomatic relations with Communist countries.
Question 4
The passage of the McCarran Internal Security Act.
President Truman's endorsement of McCarthy's claims.
The beginning of McCarthy's public campaign against alleged Communists in the government.
The end of McCarthy's influence in the Senate.
Question 5
The expansion of civil liberties and protections for accused individuals.
The growing fear of Communist infiltration and influence in American institutions.
The decline of partisan politics and the rise of bipartisan cooperation.
The shift towards isolationism in American foreign policy.
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