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Created By: Deborah Daniels Vivian Tat Andy Luu Timothy Lin

The Red Scare. Created By: Deborah Daniels Vivian Tat Andy Luu Timothy Lin. Period 5 Mrs. Penalora 11/12/08. Senator Joseph McCarthy. November 14, 1908 Wisconsin farm Law degree at Maarquette University Volunteered for Marine Corps Senator of Wisconsin Linkin Day speech

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  1. The Red Scare Created By: Deborah Daniels Vivian Tat Andy Luu Timothy Lin Period 5 Mrs. Penalora 11/12/08

  2. Senator Joseph McCarthy November 14, 1908 Wisconsin farm Law degree at Maarquette University Volunteered for Marine Corps Senator of Wisconsin Linkin Day speech Charged Dean Anderson Not part of HUAC Dec 2, 1954, Senate condemned actions Drank too much alcohol Died on May 2, 1957

  3. McCarthy Hearings • March 1954 to June 1954 • Army accused McCarthy and Roy Cohn • McCarthy countercharged • First hearings to be broadcasted on TV • Estimated 20 million views • 32 witnesses • Conclusion: McCarthy free, Cohn engaged in unduly efforts • McCarthy’s popularity suffered • Liability to Republican Party

  4. Blacklisting • Communist Party • Hollywood Blacklist • List of entertainment professionals • Mostly suspicions • Denied employment • Hollywood Ten

  5. Hollywood 10 • Group of writers and directors • Accused of being Communists • Contempt of Congress • Blacklisted from Hollywood • Used other methods to work • Heroes! after the scare

  6. House Un-American Activities Committee • Investigates • Disloyalty • Helped by ADL • Called Hollywood 10 before it • House Committee on Internal Security • Ever been Communist? • Joseph McCarthy unrelated

  7. QUIZ TIME 1. What was the Hollywood 10 charged of in court? Contempt of Congress. 2. The McCarthy Hearings were the first to be _______. Broadcasted 3. Why were people blacklisted? They were suspected of being involved with the communist party. 4. What did HUAC stand for? House Un-American Activities Committee 5. Was McCarthy a part of the HUAC? No

  8. Works Cited • “1954 McCarthy Hearing.”  Nov  8, 2008 <http://www.historycentral.com/postwar/McCarthy.html>. • "ADL Info Helped HUAC In 1947 'Witch Hunts'." 18 September 1998. 7 November 2008. <http://www.radioislam.org/adl/huac.htm>. • “Army-McCarthy Hearings.”  Oct 9, 2008 <http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/army- mccarthy/army-mccarthy.htm>. • “Encyclopedia>Hollywood Ten.” Nov 9, 2008. <http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/hollywood-ten>. • Georgakas, Dan. “The Hollywood Blacklist.” Encyclopedia of the American Left. 2 Aug 2004.  10 Nov 2008. <http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/blacklist.html>. • “ Hollywood Blacklist.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 24 Oct 2008. 9 Nov 2008. <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hollywood_blacklist&oldid=247359961>. • “Hollywood Ten.” Nov 9, 1008. <http://www.answers.com/topic/hollywood-ten>. • "House Un-American Activities Committee."Wikipedia.6 November 2008. Wikipedia Foundation Inc. 8 November 2008. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Un- American_Activities_Committee>. • “Joseph McCarthy: Biography”  Nov 11, 2008. <http://www.apl.org/history/mccarthy/biography.html> • “Joseph McCarthy- Wikipedia.”  en.wikipedia.org.  Nov 11, 2008.  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy>. • "McCarthyism." Wikipedia. 27 October 2008. Wikipedia Foundation Inc. 8 November 2008. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism>.

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