CNN The Cold War Episode 6 Answers
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CNN: The Cold War – Episode 6: “Reds”
Name:
Answer the following questions based on the documentary.
The questions are listed in the
order they appear in the film.
You do note need to use complete sentences.
1.
What was the purpose of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)?
What industry did they investigate in the 1940s?
The HUAC
investigated alleged
disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and
those organizations suspected of having fascist or communist ties. They investigated
Hollywood in the 1940s.
2.
Who were the “Hollywood Ten”? What happened to “the 10” and those who supported
them?
The “Hollywood Ten” were 10 witnesses who were suspected of being part of the
Communist Party. They were asked if they had been part of the Communist Party and
were later imprisoned. The hundreds who followed them were blacklisted and were
terrified.
3.
What was Alger Hiss accused of by HUAC in 1948? Who made his career investigating
Hiss?
What was the verdict reached in the case?
Alger Hiss was accused of passing
secrets to the Soviet Union by a former communist. Richard Nixon made his career
investigating Hiss. After an initial mistrial due to a hung jury, he was later found guilty
and sentenced to prison.
4.
What did Republican Senator Joe McCarthy blame the loss of China to communism on?
What was supposedly on Joe McCarthy’s list?
Republican Senator Joe McCarthy blamed
the loss of China to communism on traitors in the state department. Eisenhower’s old
wartime commander General Marshall was accused by McCarthy of treachery. Members
of the Senate who were part of the Communist party and a spy ring were supposedly on
his list.
5.
Despite this, what happened to the leaders of the Communist Party in America?
Leaders of the Communist Party in America were jailed, left-wing labor organizations were
banned, demonstrations were broken up, and radical groups were indicted.
6.
Who did Eisenhower choose as his running mate in 1952?
Though Eisenhower enlisted
the support of Joe McCarthy, in this election, how did he feel about McCarthy
personally?
Eisenhower chose Richard Nixon as his running mate in 1952. He hated McCarthy personally.
7.
What happened to Ethel and Julius Rosenberg for helping the USSR get the Atomic
bomb?
Why wouldn’t the leading liberal judge at the time try to help them?
For helping the USSR to get the Atomic Bomb, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were sentenced to
death. The leading liberal judge Jerome Frank at the time wouldn’t try to help them because he
was scared himself and was frightened by the atmosphere in the country. He feared that if he
saved their lives, he would be charged as a Commie.
8.
How did McCarthy eventually lose support in his “red baiting”? Who did McCarthy
begin accusations against “going to far”?
McCarthy eventually lost support in his “red baiting” because he denounced leading republicans
and even senior army officers as “Communist sympathizers”. There was a move to censor him as
his support diminished and his opposition grew. He didn’t listen to what his advisors told him to
do and his power collapsed as politicians walked away from him.
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