Instructions: This is the first part of the project. Answer the following questions and save to the project folder. It should be saved like the following: Projects <your logon name-McCarthy Questions>

1. What was the purpose or main aim behind the HUAC?

2. What was the infamous question that the HUAC posed to all that came before it?

3. According to the committee, what was their rationale behind asking people to “name names”?

4. What two parts of the Constitution did proposed witnesses hope to use to redeem their civil liberties? Explain how these parts were supposed to help?

5. What charge was placed on the “Hollywood Ten”?

6. What was the difference between a friendly and an unfriendly witness?

7. Explain how McCarthy used the Fifth Amendment against the witnesses?