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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The House Committee was the age of "guilt by _____."
(a) Association
(b) Proof.
(c) Opinion.
(d) Judgement.

3. The American government equated Communism with _______.
(a) Democracy.
(b) Nazism.
(c) A revolution.
(d) Ideology.

4. What made Hellman a target for suspicion by the Committee?
(a) She supported Wallace.
(b) Her general attitude towards police.
(c) Her parent's politics.
(d) Her suspicious trips abroad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Wills, America focused on fighting _____.

2. What did Norman Cousins say at the World Peace Conference?

3. Wills believes America needed what to start a new war?

4. The House Committee was originally intended to test the loyalty of ______.

5. Why was Wallace not elected in 1948?

(see the answer key)

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