What was so significant about the change that NSC-68 set about?
change from containment to actively stopping communism
What claims did Joseph McCarthy say?
Communists had infiltrated the US army
Believed Truman was soft on communism
205 communists in USAs government
Believed Truman was responsible for China fall to communism
What was the House of Un-American Activities committee?
Purpose to investigate communist infiltration and most people brought to it were innocent but it fed the paranoia
Who were the people convicted of passing nuclear secrets to the USSR?
The Rosenberg’s
Who accused Alger Hiss of being a communist?
journalist Whittaker Chambers
Where was the UN located?
New York
How many times did the USSR use the veto?
75 times
What fleet was positioned between China and Taiwan?
The 7th fleet
What did McCarthy think about teachers?
Believed they promoted communist ideas