mccarthyism. warm-up what was the red scare? announcements quiz today i will review with you guys...
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Quiz Review
• Communism vs. Democracy• Why did the Cold War start?• What are NATO, deterrent, Truman Doctrine,
Berlin Airlift, Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay or Pigs, and the Marshall Plan, Korean War.
Vocabulary
• Red Scare- period in American history where there was great fear of communism in the United States. There were two Red Scares, the first from 1918-1921 and the second from 1947-1957.
Dot Game• Each of you will be given an index card. Some
of the index cards will have red stickers on them. Some will not have anything on them.
• Your job is to question your classmates to figure out who has the red dots.
• You cannot show your card to anyone. • The goal of the game is the create the largest
group of people without a red dot. • Questions?
Dot Game Debrief
• How did it feel to be questioned?• Was it easy or hard to convince your classmates
that you did not have a red dot? Why or why not?
• What did you rely on to decide who had a red dot and who did not have a red dot?
• Do you think this game was a fair way to find the people with the red dots? Why or Why not?
Notes• We are going to do our notes a little differently
today.• The five terms below are what you need to have
information on. • On one side of your paper write the first term and
skip 5 lines, then write the next one and keep doing this until you have written all the terms.
• Red Scare• HUAC• Joseph McCarthy• Rosenberg Trial • Civil Liberties
Why did we have a Second Red Scare?
• As the cold war started there was fear of Soviet spies in the United States.
• In addition, the Soviets created their own atomic bomb in 1949.
• Americans were afraid that their national security was at risk.
Red Scare
• During this time many in film, radio and movies were blacklisted.
• This means that they were put on a list of people not to hire because they were thought to be communists.
HUAC and McCarthy
• The House Un-American Activities Committee was founded in 1938 to investigate disloyalty and harmful foreign influences in the U.S. but was used extensively after 1947 to find communists.
• HUAC launched a series of widely publicized hearings targeting Hollywood.
• In 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy began a campaign to expose Communists all over the U.S.
HUAC and McCarthy continued
• McCarthy created a list of high level U.S. operative who he believed to be Communists.
• The public was outraged and investigations started. Anyone who challenged McCarthy was looked at as being a Communist or sympathizing with Communists.
• He attacked dozens of innocent people.• He was only stopped when he accused the
military of housing Communists
Rosenberg Trial
• Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were American communists who were convicted of sending American Nuclear secrets to the Soviets
• They were both executed.• This caused a huge stir in America because
may believed they were unfairly punished because of the hysteria of the Red Scare
What Civil liberties did the Red Scare limit?
• Freedom from discrimination• Freedom of speech and thought• Freedom of association
Red Scare Political Cartoons
• We are going to look at a few political cartoons to get a better idea of the Red Scare.
• You will draw 4 t-charts on your paper that look like the one below.
• What I see What it means