The McCarran Internal Security ActMultiple Choicewas strongly supported by the Truman administration.created the Federal Bureau of Investigation.stripped American citizenship from all known communists.required communist organizations to register with the government.outlawed all communist organizations in the United States.

Operation WetbackGroup of answer choiceswas the code name for a CIA operation conducted on the border between Texas and Mexico.was how leftist news organizations described the McCarran-Walter Act.was a military operation that rounded up undocumented immigrants found in Mexican American neighborhoods for deportation.was opposed by President Truman.deported very few undocumented immigrants.

The National Security Act of 1947 did NOTMultiple Choicecreate the Central Intelligence Agency.create the Department of Defense.combine the functions previously performed separately by the War and Navy Departments.create a massive bureaucracy of private contracting corporations working in Washington, D.C.create the National Security Council.

What U.S. agency was created in the 1950’s to gather important intel to prevent the spread of communism?Group of answer choicesFBINRADomestic CouncilCIA

Which of the following is true of investigations of communist activity in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s?Multiple ChoiceTruman helped push through a registration act for all communist organizations.The federal government executed fifteen government employees as a result of its investigation.Even as they investigated communist organizations, Congress sought to improve legal protections for them.The Truman administration investigated federal employees and dismissed more than 200 of them.There was no federal investigation of communist activity outside of Congress.

The USA PATRIOT Act was passed to:A.Contain CommunismB.Amend the ConstitutionC.Improve securityD.Limit unfair trade