A) It helped return the deposed shah of Iran to power.
B) It intervened in elections in the Philippines to ensure a pro-American government.
C) It supported a coup in Guatemala and instituting a military dictatorship.
D) It intervened in East Germany and Hungary when the Soviet Union crushed popular insurrections.
E) It sponsored intellectual conferences and jazz concerts, subsidized magazines, and recruited college students.
G) C) and D)
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A) limited war.
B) the triumph of military over political leadership.
C) the containment policy.
D) war without congressional approval.
E) a stalemate.
G) B) and D)
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A) He wanted to give European countries economic assistance.
B) He wanted to rebuild the militaries of Great Britain and France in order to resist communism.
C) He wanted to provide military and economic aid for Turkey and Greece to resist the spread of communism.
D) He wanted to offer the Soviet Union an opportunity for reconciliation.
E) He wanted to place atomic weapons under international control.
G) A) and E)
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The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, established in 1938 under Martin Dies as the House Committee on Un-American Activities. It was created to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties. Throughout its existence, from 1938 until its official end in 1975, the committee conducted hearings where it questioned individuals about their political affiliations and beliefs.
One of the most significant periods of the HUAC's activity was during the late 1940s and 1950s, at the height of the Cold War and the Red Scare. The committee's investigations were often associated with Senator Joseph McCarthy, although McCarthy was not directly involved with the House committee (he operated in the Senate with his own investigative body). Nevertheless, the era is often referred to as McCarthyism, a term that has come to signify the intense anti-Communist suspicion in the United States during that time.
The HUAC is particularly known for its role in the entertainment industry, where it conducted a series of investigations into Hollywood. The most famous of these were the Hollywood Ten hearings in 1947, during which ten writers and directors were blacklisted from the industry for refusing to answer the committee's questions about their alleged Communist affiliations. This led to a wider Hollywood blacklist, where scores of actors, writers, directors, and others were barred from work in the industry due to their real or suspected political beliefs.
The committee's activities and the era's broader anti-Communist crusade are often criticized for violating civil liberties and fostering an environment of fear and suspicion. Many careers and lives were damaged by the accusations and investigations of the HUAC, as mere suspicion could lead to blacklisting and social ostracism.
The HUAC was renamed the House Committee on Internal Security in 1969, but its influence had waned by then, and it was abolished in 1975. The legacy of the HUAC remains controversial, as it is seen by many as a symbol of the excesses of anti-Communist hysteria and a cautionary example of how fear can undermine civil liberties and democratic processes.
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A) A Soviet spy plane was shot down within U.S. borders.
B) An American spy plane was shot down within Soviet borders.
C) The Soviets resumed atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons.
D) The United States discovered that Soviet missiles had been installed in Cuba.
E) The United States resumed atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons.
G) None of the above
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A) that conflict with the Soviet Union was inevitable, so the United States had to pursue a firm policy of containing Soviet expansion.
B) that the focus of world communism was shifting to China, and the United States should abandon its preoccupation with affairs in Eastern Europe.
C) that American war aims in Europe had been achieved, so the United States should withdraw and focus on domestic challenges.
D) that the Soviet Union was interested mainly in securing its borders, so the United States should encourage its domination of Eastern Europe.
E) that conflict with the Soviet Union was inevitable, so the United States should, if at all possible, invade Russia and halt its expansive tendencies.
G) C) and D)
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A) an anarchist.
B) a socialist.
C) a Nazi.
D) a communist.
E) a homosexual.
G) A) and C)
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A) The establishment of the communist People's Republic of China
B) The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
C) The outcome of the Korean War
D) The loss of Eastern Europe to communism
E) The provisions of the Yalta agreements
G) All of the above
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