Which of the following is NOT related to Hiss's case?
The Venona Papers
The Espionage Act of 1917
McCarthyism
The Red Scare
Answer
The Red Scare was not related to Alger Hiss's case, which involved accusations of espionage during the Cold War. Hiss was accused of being a Soviet spy, while the Red Scare was a period of intense fear and suspicion of communist infiltration and influence in the United States, particularly during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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