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McCarthyism && the Red Scare! :o

McCarthyism && the Red Scare! :o. By Maggie Craven. McCarthyism . Joseph McCarthy McCarthyism is: Accusations of treason or disloyalty Most likely done without proof Also known as the “Red Scare” Communism vs. Capitalism . Capitalism vs. Communism. Capitalism American

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McCarthyism && the Red Scare! :o

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  1. McCarthyism && the Red Scare! :o By Maggie Craven

  2. McCarthyism • Joseph McCarthy • McCarthyism is: • Accusations of treason or disloyalty • Most likely done without proof • Also known as the “Red Scare” • Communism vs. Capitalism

  3. Capitalism vs. Communism • Capitalism • American • Competition between business • Communism • Russian (during Cold War) • Eliminated competition • Government controlled businesses

  4. Red Scare part UnE • 1917-1920, during WWI • Wide spread fear of ANARCISM! • Reasons: real and imagined • Illegal searches and seizures • Unwarranted arrests/ deportations • Anti-German/ pro-ally propaganda

  5. Return of the Red Scare: “It’s ba’ack” • 1947-1957, during WWII • Increased fear of communist espionage • “Red Baiting” /“Black Listing” • Feared Soviet construction of atomic bomb • Communist party of the USA • NKVD atomic bomb spy-ring

  6. The NKVD • AKA People’s Commissariat for International Affair • Handled Soviet Union’s affairs of state • The US had them spied on • Stalin’s • Gathered: political, military and economic info from other countries • Enforced communism in other countries

  7. Joseph McCarthy • Wisconsin Republican Senator • Became famous during Cold War, 1950’s • Capitalized on America’s fear of Communism • Accused 200 + people of being Communists • Was NOT associated with HUAC • 1954, censured from Senate

  8. HUAC • House Committee on Un-American Activities • Involved in 1947 Hollywood Blacklists • Convicted Alger Hiss of being communist • “Hollywood 10” • More than 300 people blacklisted • 10 % managed to reclaim careers

  9. HUAC Trials 1951-53 Rep. John Rankin Rep. Martin Dies Rep. J. Parnell Thomas

  10. Hollywood Black Lists • Screen writers, directors, actors and musicians • Refused jobs because of accusations • Wrong place/ wrong time • Red Channels named 151 entertainment professionals • Charlie Chaplin • Ban lifted in 1960’s

  11. Rosenberg Trial • Ethel and Julius Rosenberg • Convicted of being communists • Executed in 1953 for espionage • Sent atomic bomb information to Soviets

  12. By Arthur Miller • Written during the Red Scare Era • Late 1700’s • Salem Witch Trials • 19 people convicted and hanged

  13. The Crucible Vs The Red Scare! • People were wrongly accused • Miller made the connection • Accused turned against each other • What really was the difference? • Fear as a motivator

  14. J. Edgar Hoover • Very powerful, very anti-communist • Director of the FBI • Thousands of government workers lost jobs • Leaked information to HUAC • Illegal practices

  15. Laws && Arrests. • Smith Act, 1940 • Defense Attorneys held in Contempt • 140 leaders of Communist Party charged • 93 convicted • Communist Control Act, 1950

  16. Really Kol People

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