U.S. history 6.03

What was the first target of the HUAC hearings?

Communist infiltration in the entertainment industry

Whose work at the Manhattan Project was important in the prosecution of the Rosenberg case?

David Greenglass

Which person played a minor role in the passing of atomic secrets to the Soviets?

Ethel Rosenberg

What did the Red Smear in the cartoon symbolize?

False accusations that communists infiltrated the U.S. government

What statement summarizes the idea in this cartoon?

The republicans were using McCarthy hearings for political gain

What was one point of the appeal of the death penalty for the Rosenbergs?

Their execution would leave their young sons orphans

What is term used to describe people who were unable to find work because they had been accused of Communist sympathies?

blacklisted

What was the result of President Truman's Federal Employee Loyalty Program?

fewer that a thousand federal employees were fired for security reasons

What were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for?

passing nuclear weapons secrets to the Soviet Union

The Rosenbergs were charged with the crime of espionage. What is espionage?

spying on the government