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Quiz for McCarthyism in Higher Education

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1. According to the California Loyalty Oath (Document 24.11), to which of the groups listed below was a public school teacher in California prohibited from belonging?

One that espoused violence in public places

One that discriminated upon race and gender

One that wanted to overthrow the federal government

One that supported radical populist causes

Correct: The answer is c. According to the oath, a California public school teacher could not belong to a group that wanted to overthrow the federal government.

Incorrect: The answer is c. According to the oath, a California public school teacher could not belong to a group that wanted to overthrow the federal government.

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2. Justice Felix Frankfurter argued that “public opinion is the ultimate reliance of our society” only when it is what (see Document 24.12)?

A two-thirds majority

Reached after public discourse where all citizens have a right to attend

Disciplined and responsible

Not obscured by foreign influence

Correct: The answer is c. Justice Frankfurter argued, “Public opinion is the ultimate reliance of our society only if it be disciplined and responsible.”

Incorrect: The answer is c. Justice Frankfurter argued, “Public opinion is the ultimate reliance of our society only if it be disciplined and responsible.”

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3. When legislative bodies abused their powers of inquiry, how did the American Association of University Professors suggest university faculty respond (see Document 24.13)?

Refuse to cooperate through use of the Fifth Amendment

Refuse to answer under the due process clause

Exhaust normal channels of informed public opinion

Present their honest views in public

Correct: The answer is c. When the powers of legislative inquiry are abused, the remedy does not lie in non-cooperation or defiance; it is to be sought through the normal channels of informed public opinion.

Incorrect: The answer is c. When the powers of legislative inquiry are abused, the remedy does not lie in non-cooperation or defiance; it is to be sought through the normal channels of informed public opinion.

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4. Which answer below summarizes Victor Lowe’s argument (see Document 24.14)?

There are different kinds of Communists, just like there are different types of political thought—some are good for America, and some are dangerous for America.

Hearings focused on uncovering communism in universities should take a more individual assessment instead of painting all Communist party members with such a broad brush.

Communist teachers may be different in psychology and thought, but they view politics similarly and are focused on overthrowing the American government.

The more involved a teacher may be in the Communist movement, the more dangerous he or she is to America and the sooner he or she should be removed from teaching at a university.

Correct: The answer is b. Lowe argued that hearings focused on uncovering communism in universities should have assessed the accused individually instead of painting all Communist party members with such a broad brush.

Incorrect: The answer is b. Lowe argued that hearings focused on uncovering communism in universities should have assessed the accused individually instead of painting all Communist party members with such a broad brush.

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5. What did Sidney Hook claim was the main reason to believe that “good” Communists followed the party line instead of being less dogmatic in their beliefs (see Document 24.15)?

All Communists who admitted affiliation before HUAC followed the party line.

The goal of communism is individualization of political policy, not following the party line.

Communism is inherently dogmatic.

Efficient mechanisms within the Communist Party operate to exclude those who do not follow the party line.

Correct: The answer is d. According to Hook, “good” Communists followed the party line because efficient mechanisms within the party operated to exclude those who did not follow the party line.

Incorrect: The answer is d. According to Hook, “good” Communists followed the party line because efficient mechanisms within the party operated to exclude those who did not follow the party line.