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11.76 Domestic Anticommunism and McCarthyism Worksheet

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Domestic Anticommunism and McCarthyism: Determine which source, claim, law, or investigation best explains loyalty programs, HUAC, McCarthyism, fear of subversion, and the effects of anticommunism on civil liberties. Aligned to Broad national alignment and selected state frameworks: C3 Framework; CCSS Literacy in History/Social Studies grades 11-12; AP U.S. History; NAEP U.S. History; selected California, New York, Massachusetts, Florida, and Texas frameworks where applicable. 11.76 - Domestic Anticommunism and McCarthyism: Determine which source, claim, law, or investigation best explains loyalty programs, HUAC, McCarthyism, fear of subversion, and the effects of anticommunism on civil liberties. (C3 D2.Civ.7-12.9-12; CCSS RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.6; APUSH Period 8; NAEP Themes 1,4; CA HSS 11.9; NY 11.9; FL SS.912.A.6-A.7.)

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Which statement best demonstrates mastery of domestic anticommunism and McCarthyism?

AEarly Cold War anticommunism was only a military strategy used in Korea and never affected domestic life.

BEarly Cold War anticommunism protected civil liberties by preventing all public accusations.

CEarly Cold War anticommunism involved no laws, committees, court cases, or employment consequences.

DEarly Cold War anticommunism combined real security fears with loyalty reviews, investigations, prosecutions, and blacklists that often strained civil liberties.

Solution & Explanation:The best statement is comprehensive and balanced. It recognizes security fears while explaining how multiple mechanisms affected speech, association, due process, and employment.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

Stimulus: A historian explains McCarthy's decline by citing televised hearings, criticism of his methods, and Senate censure. Which claim best synthesizes these factors?

AMcCarthy lost influence because every anticommunist law was repealed at once.

BMcCarthy lost influence because he voluntarily ended the Cold War.

CMcCarthy lost influence when public exposure and institutional rebuke made his tactics politically costly.

DMcCarthy lost influence because HUAC proved that he had never discussed communism.

Solution & Explanation:The hearings exposed McCarthy's style, and censure condemned his conduct. Together they made his tactics less politically acceptable.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

Stimulus: A cause-and-effect chart shows Cold War crises, then domestic fear of subversion, then loyalty programs, HUAC hearings, and blacklists. Which conclusion best follows?

ADomestic anticommunism caused World War II to begin in Europe.

BInternational conflict helped fuel domestic institutions and practices aimed at suspected internal communism.

CLoyalty programs were unrelated to any Cold War context.

DHUAC hearings occurred only after the Soviet Union collapsed.

Solution & Explanation:The chart connects foreign crises to domestic fear and policy. Domestic anticommunism grew from the wider Cold War environment.

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