President Truman contributed to the postwar Red Scare by:
a) supplying the House Committee on Un American Activities with names of suspected Communists
b) supporting and signing the McCarran Internal Security Act
c) publicly identifying a group of Communists in the State Department
d) establishing a program to remove "disloyal" federal employees
Answer: d) establishing a program to remove "disloyal" federal employees
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A) stable. B) plummeting. C) higher. D) lower.
What were the Bonus Marchers demanding through their demonstrations in Washington, D.C., during the summer of 1932?
A) direct relief for workers from the federal government B) employment for out-of-work veterans C) early payment on federal bonds set to mature in 1945 D) an end to the Hoover presidency
Bobby Seale and Huey Newton formed the __________ in October 1966 to offer a more militant voice to Oakland’s African American community
A) Universal Negro Improvement Association B) Congress of Racial Equality C) National Negro Congress D) Black Panther Party for Self-Defense
Georgia was founded
A. to create a military barrier against the Spanish. B. as a haven for religious dissenters. C. to quickly make money for its investors. D. to provide a refuge for Catholics. E. by Quaker missionaries.