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HUAC: The Hollywood 10
HUAC: The Hollywood 10
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What did HUAC practice?
Communism
Compartmentalization
Democratic Compulsion
McCarthyism
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What was Bertolt Brecht accused of?
Being a communist spy
publishing communist articles and poems.
producing communist films
writing communist plays
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What was blacklisting?
prevention from working on government projects
prevention from investing in the stock market
prevention from joining the Communist Party
prevention from working in their respective industries
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Who were the Hollywood 10?
a group who refused allegiance to U.S.
writers, screenwriters, and producers who refused to testify
writers, screenwriters, and producers who were Communist
Communist writers
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Hiss sued Chambers for...
Inflamation
Treason
Communism
Perjury
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Who did Chambers accuse to be a spy for the USSR?
Christopher Christie
Martin Dies
Edward Condon
Alger Hiss
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The only way to stop blacklisting was to...
admit to being a Communist
provide names of Soviet ties to Congress
provide 500 hours of manual service
enlist in the military for service
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Who appeared before HUAC as a self-confessed former member of the American Communist Party?
Whittaker Chambers
Edward Condon
Martin Dies
Joseph Mawma
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President Harry S. Truman denounced HUAC as...
"a Communist outpost disguised as a fighter of freedom"
"an utter abuse of authority"
"a strong hysteria fueled by the spirit of the times"
"most un-American thing in the country today"
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How did the Hollywood 10 refuse to testify?
With the 1st Amendment
With the 5th Amendment
With the 14th Amendment
With the 16th Amendment
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What does HUAC stand for?
House Un-Allegiance Committee
Home Unethical Activities Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee
House United Against Communists
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What was Hiss found guilty of?
Treason
Manslaughter
Perjury
Selling Nuclear secrets
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What industry did HUAC primarily investigate?
SAT Prep
Entertainment
Terrorists
Soviets
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Who was the chairman of HUAC?
Marcus Dyer
Martin Dies
Edward Condon
Whittaker Chambers
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What was HUAC renamed as?
Committee on Internal Affairs
Committee on Secure Infrastructure
Committee on Internal Security.
Committee on Inter-Affairs
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What power did HUAC apply in order to compel citizens to testify?
Court Hearing
Subpoena
Warrant
Court Marshal
