AGENDAApril 21/22, 2010

1. Today’s topic: McCarthyism & early Cold War “You’re a Dirty, Stinking, Low-Down Red!” Annotated map / timeline of the Cold War

2. Homework for Thursday, April 22: 1950s WebQuest due at 8:00 a.m. 1940s WebQuest voting due at 8:00 a.m.

3. Homework for Friday, April 23: Read American Pageant, chapter 38

You’re a Dirty, Stinking, Low-Down Red!

• When you get your card, look carefully and place it in a pocket

• You may not show your card to anyone!• Join other citizens in an all-American group

of non-communists• Biggest group with no Commies wins 5 pts.

per member• Any Commies who infiltrate win 5pts if they

are the only Commie in their group

Low-Down Red: Follow-up

• How did you like this game?• How did it feel to be accused of being a

communist?• How did it feel to accuse?• What are strategies and tactics in this

game?• Have you ever seen this dynamic play

out in other social contexts?

Meet Joe McCarthy

Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis.• In 1950, over 50% of Americans

believed communists should be jailed, 68% thought the party should be illegal, and 80% thought party members should lose citizenship

• HUAAC investigates Hollywood celebrities; those who refuse to testify are jailed for contempt and/or blackballed

• In 1950, McCarthy proclaims he has a list of 205 communists in the State Department

Rise and Fall of Joe McCarthy• Drew immense attention to himself by

claiming there was a vast communist conspiracy in the US government

• Anyone who criticized his witch hunt was accused of being a communist

• For a short time he held enormous political power through intimidation and publicity

• When his allegations turned out to be empty he was abandoned by his party and supporters

• He over stepped himself during the “Army McCarthy Hearings” when he accused the Army of harboring commies

• Censured by the U.S. Senate in 1954• Democrats in particularly were cowed by

“Red Baiting” and perhaps still are• Purge of Asia experts from the State Dept.

would help us stumble into Vietnam

The Cold War Begins:Annotated Map & Timeline

Annotated Map and Timeline of the Cold War 1945-1960

• Affix map & the “Symbol – Category – Cold War Method” chart in notebook (see example)

• Draw a symbol for each Category • Make a timeline under your map and label each

listed term/event on it• Indicate which “Cold War Method” the event

illustrates• For each term design an appropriate icon and

place it on the map in the appropriate location• On the following page, using the icon as an key,

define and explain the historical significance of each item

Cold War Items For Map and Timeline Yalta Conference Iron Curtain

Containment Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan Recognition of Israel NATO NSC-68 Fall of China North & South Korea Japan / Atomic bombs

Dienbienphu Suez crisis New Look “Open Skies” Iran Guatemala Sputnik Berlin airlift

House Un-American Activities Committee

Hungary uprising

Homework

Homework for Thursday, April 22: 1950s WebQuest due at 8:00 a.m. 1940s WebQuest voting due at 8:00

a.m.

Homework for Friday, April 23: Read American Pageant, Chapter 38