McCarthyism

A.    List three things the author said that you think are important:

- In the document he stated that he has the names of 57 communists that are presently serving in the state department.

- President Truman appointed a board to screen state department employees and found hundreds listed as “dangerous to the security of the nation”, because of communist connections.

-One group of 300 certified to the secretary for discharge, he only discharged about 80.

B. Why do you think this document was written?
-I think this document was written to inform President Truman about all the people in the state department that are communists or dangerous to the security of the nation, Also, to suggest that these people must be discharged immediately

C. What evidence in the document helps you know why it was written? Quote from the document.
-“I have the names of 57 communists that are presently serving in the state department.

     

D. List two things the document tells you about life in the United States at the time it was written:

- The American society feared communists and turned their backs against anyone that could possibly be a communist.

- American society also had a negative view towards the Soviet Union and feared the Soviet Union’s atomic bomb plans.

E. Write a question to the author that is left unanswered by the document:

-How can President Truman find McCarthy’s list of 57 communists that are presently serving in the state department?

F. Date of document

- February 11, 1950

G. Author:

-Senator Joseph McCarthy

     H. Purpose of document
      - To inform President Truman about the communists in the state department