ORAL COMPREHENSION NAME:………………………..

Visit the site Utube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix5OScqjpRo .Print this page and answer the following questions:

What period will be evoked? What topic?

How could you define “the red scare”?

What was the role of politicians?

What was the role of “loyalty boards”? Give an example.

Did everybody agree with the use of those Loyalty Boards? Why not? What happened to them?

What does H.U.A.C stand for? What was its aim?

Quote people who took part.

What happened to people who were suspected?

What did Joe Mc Carthy want and think?

What does Mc Carthyism stand for today?

What brought him down?

Did this fear of communism disappear later? Give examples.

Who didn’t pass the test? Who were they?

What were they accused of and what happened to them?