In the Late 1940s and Early 1950s, What Did the House

question 55

Multiple Choice

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, what did the House Un-American Activities Committee, Hollywood, and some thirty-nine state legislatures have in common?

• A) They were all revealed to be riddled with communist spies and other subversives.
• B) They all took vigorous stands against the witch hunting of Senator Joseph McCarthy.
• C) They all participated in the crusade to clear Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg of charges that they passed secrets to the Soviets.
• D) They all contributed to the anticommunist hysteria of the period and tried to root out subversives in American society.
• E) none of these choices.