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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did people believe The House Committee violated?
(a) Zoning codes.
(b) Civil rights
(c) The First Amendment.
(d) The Declaration of Independence.

2. How was the Blacklist used against people?
(a) It was sent to their families.
(b) It was used as blackmail.
(c) It was published.
(d) It was attached to their resume.

3. When did McCarthy bring his first charges to the House Committee?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1948.

4. Wills sees the Cold War offensive as an ______ to the threat of the enemy.
(a) Accurate.
(b) Mimicking.
(c) Unequal.
(d) Insufficient.

5. Who joined the House Committee program soon after it started.
(a) Hoover.
(b) Truman.
(c) McCarthy.
(d) Wallace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Truman created the House Committee on _______ Activities.

2. What do people often and inaccurately accredit to McCarthy?

3. Wills sees institutions like the House Committee as what?

4. What commonly happened to people found guilty?

5. Who would be listed on the Blacklist?d

(see the answer key)

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