Qs for Red Scare in WA State - 0809

Answer on a full-sized sheet of paper.

1. What group of people was to be investigated as a result of the Un-American Activities Bill of 3/8/1947? Quote the bill's language and explain what it means in normal speech.

2. What was J. Edgar Hoover afraid of? (more than just communism)

3. What organizations were investigated by the Committee of Un-American Activities?

4. Is it illegal to be a communist or to support communism in the US? Why or why not?

5. Would you feel comfortable being taught by a communist or a communist sympathizer? Explain.

6. What three departments were the fired, supposedly-communist University of Washington professors from? Do these strike you as people in dangerous position from which to overthrow America? Explain.

7. Given the testimony of the various U.W. professors, why is it that the three professors who were fired were fired? Does this make sense to you? Explain.

8. Do you think it is useful and/or moral to require Americans to take loyalty oaths as a condition of continued employment at a government job? Explain.

9. What do you imagine went through Mr. Butterworth's head in the last moments of his life, assuming he thought about what had happened to him as a result of the committee?

10. What is the general name given in American history to this sort of anti-communist witch hunting?