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Quiz for American Voices: Hunting Communists and Liberals

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1. What evidence did Fulton Lewis Jr. offer to support his accusation that Frank Porter Graham was a security risk?

He stated that Graham had been a member of the Communist Party before and during World War II.

He argued that the Truman administration had investigated Graham and denied his security clearance.

He cited Graham’s association with the Southern Conference for Human Welfare and called it a Communist front organization.

He offered proof that Graham had been sympathetic to the philosophy of communism during the wartime alliance between the United States and the USSR.

Correct. The answer is c. In order to support his claim that Frank Graham was a security risk, Fulton Lewis referred to Graham’s association with the Southern Conference for Human Welfare and stated that the organization was a Communist front organization.

Incorrect. The answer is c. In order to support his claim that Frank Graham was a security risk, Fulton Lewis referred to Graham’s association with the Southern Conference for Human Welfare and stated that the organization was a Communist front organization.

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2. Frank Porter Graham described his support for the Southern Conference for Human Welfare’s goals, including the establishment of federal aid to the states for schools, labor’s right to organize and bargain collectively, minimum wages, and Social Security. His advocacy of these goals links him to which of the following political traditions?

New Deal liberalism

American conservatism

Classical liberalism

Marxism

Correct. The answer is a. Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and the Democratic Party advocated and achieved these goals during the 1930s. Graham’s support for these issues identified him clearly as a New Deal liberal.

Incorrect. The answer is a. Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and the Democratic Party advocated and achieved these goals during the 1930s. Graham’s support for these issues identified him clearly as a New Deal liberal.

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3. His stance on which of the following issues made Frank Graham more radical than the typical New Dealers of the 1930s and 1940s?

Freight rate discrimination against southern businesses

Nazi aggression in Czechoslovakia

Communist aggression in Finland and Eastern Europe

Lynching and black voting rights

Correct. The answer is d. Graham’s description of his political positions made it clear that he agreed with the positions of the Roosevelt administration on most elements of foreign and domestic policy. His explicit support for reforms that opposed racist practices in the South was the area where his political agenda diverged from that of the official New Deal.

Incorrect. The answer is d. Graham’s description of his political positions made it clear that he agreed with the positions of the Roosevelt administration on most elements of foreign and domestic policy. His explicit support for reforms that opposed racist practices in the South was the area where his political agenda diverged from that of the official New Deal.

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4. New Dealers, like Frank Graham, who participated in organizations like the American Committee for Democracy and Intellectual Freedom and the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, whose memberships had some overlap with the American Communist Party, were supporters of which wartime political phenomenon?

The Nazi-Soviet Pact

The Popular Front

The America First Committee

Appeasement

Correct. The answer is b. New Dealers like Graham supported the Popular Front’s efforts to promote increased U.S. involvement in Europe during World War II.

Incorrect. The answer is b. New Dealers like Graham supported the Popular Front’s efforts to promote increased U.S. involvement in Europe during World War II.

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5. These sources, interpreted as a group, provide evidence to support which of the following historical arguments?

Because of their support for organizations like the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, government officials like Frank Porter Graham posed a serious threat to American security.

Senator Joseph McCarthy built on the strategies of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to stir Americans’ fears about domestic communism, attack the Truman administration, and further his political career.

People like Fulton Lewis and organizations like HUAC established the legitimacy of Joseph McCarthy’s claims that Communist sympathizers had infiltrated the U.S. government.

Joseph McCarthy and HUAC completely invented their claims that some New Deal Democrats had participated in organizations whose memberships included Communists.

Correct. The answer is b. These sources show that HUAC made the initial accusations that members of the Truman administration were security risks because of their associations with organizations like the Southern Conference for Human Welfare. Joseph McCarthy built on those claims to stir Americans’ fears about domestic communism, attack the Truman administration, and further his own political career.

Incorrect. The answer is b. These sources show that HUAC made the initial accusations that members of the Truman administration were security risks because of their associations with organizations like the Southern Conference for Human Welfare. Joseph McCarthy built on those claims to stir Americans’ fears about domestic communism, attack the Truman administration, and further his own political career.