McCarthyism from the reading selection

A. List three things the author said that you think are important:
1)Anticommunism dominated the political debates of the immediate post-World War II-era.
2)The House UN-American Activities Committee , established in 1938 to monitor disloyalty to the United States government, was made a permanent committee in 1945
3)McCarthy manipulated the workings of the new committee to continue sweeping accusations of communist activity in the executive branch

B. Why do you think this document was written?
To expose the communist sympathizers, the stage was set when the citizens became fearful of the communist and viewed them as traitors.

C. What evidence in the document helps you know why it was written? Quote from the document. "Alger Hiss's perjury conviction and the confession of Klaus Fuchs, a physicist on the Manhattan Project, to having delivered atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, it was clear that government security had been compromised. '

D. List two things the document tells you about life in the United States at the time it was written:
Americans began to view all communists as traitors to our country

Anticommunism dominated the political debates

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

other than just assuming that certain citizens were communist what evidence supports the claim fully. 

F. Date of document

February 11, 1950

G. Author:

Senator Joseph R. McCarthy

H. Purpose of document 

This document was provided to president Truman to inform him of the communist in the united states. especially communism in the executive branch.