Question 01 - FGV-SP 2005 - We can define McCarthyism as:a) A hard campaign of investigations directed by North American parliamentarians, aimed at anyone who was considered a suspect of subversion or collaboration with communist countries. b) An anti-Semitic campaign that was established in the United States after the Second World War and that investigated the links between Jews and Soviet leaders. c) A campaign of investigations that targeted trade unionists, intellectuals and scientists and spared Hollywood artists, film directors and American writers. d) An advertising campaign that sought to praise Senator Joseph McCarthy, Republican candidate for the Presidency of the United States of America and who was deeply anti-communist. e) A policy of approximation between the US and the Soviet Union led, in the 1940s, by the socialist Joseph McCarthy, due to the need to defeat Nazi-fascism.
Question 02 - UEMA 2021 -

“So you read books, huh?” Herblock cartoon in the Washington Post, 4/24/1949..

The period of the 1950s, in the United States, is marked by the Cold War, when McCarthyism also emerged, influenced by the ideas of Senator Joseph McCarthy. This period is depicted in the charge. The fundamental elements of this US policy in the 1950s are indicated in the following option:a) the consolidation of democratic freedoms, the cultural revolution (Counterculture), the increase in the number of unions, strengthening workers. b) the arms and space race to the moon, the hippie movement for freedoms, the attack on the Bay of Pigs, in Cuba, a historical adversary of the government. c) New Deal politics, the struggle for women's rights, the Vietnam War in Asia, political enemy of the North American State. d) disrespect for civil rights, the fight against communism, the persecution of public officials and artists, considered dangerous. e) involvement in the Second World War, the development of espionage techniques against the Soviet Union, the strengthening of the fascist and Nazi regimes.
Question 03 - UNICAMP 2020 -

Advertising a) asks if that would be the best time for parents to be aware of the fascist threats fought by McCarthyism. This policy changed life in American educational institutions, prohibiting the dissemination of topics related to the Cold War and nuclear threats, in accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on Un-American Activities. b) defends red and communist “injection” in schools during McCarthyism. This policy, implemented in the United States from 1950 to 1957, and inserted in the context of the Cold War, is characterized by a sharp repression of communism, with the direct participation of the FBI.c) denounces the threat of red and communist “injection” in schools in the McCarthy Era. This policy was marked by the initiation of investigations by the US government and private industries against public officials and the entertainment industry accused of being liberal. d) argues that it is past time for parents to be aware of the communist threat fought by McCarthyism. This policy, introduced in the context of the Cold War, was marked by violations of individual rights and the initiation of investigations by the Committee on Un-American Activities.
Question 04 - UNESP 2006 - “Good night, good luck” is set in the United States of the 50s, during the early days of news broadcasts. The film tells the real-life conflicts between television reporter Edward R. Murrow (...) and Senator Joseph McCarthy, which resulted in one of the most important political upheavals in American history. Wanting to get the facts straight to the public, Murrow and his dedicated team - led by his producer FredFriendly (...) and by Joe Wershba (...) in the CBS press room - challenge their sponsors and the network itself to examine the lies. and the frightening tactics perpetrated by the Senator (...)(www.netcinema.com.br, accessed on 04.10.2006.) a) The film Good night, good luck deals with an aspect of the so-called McCarthyism. What was McCarthyism? b) The 1950s were marked by the experience of the Cold War. Introduce the origins of this event.
INTRODUCTION 01 - A
02 - D
03 - D
04 - a) Persecution of communists or suspected communists, which took place in the United States in the early 1950s, under the direction of the Senator Joseph McCarthy. b) Bipolarization between the United States (capitalist) and the USSR (socialist) at the end of the Second World War.