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* 730-735

* 730-735. Interpret Political Cartoons Describe examples of the “Second Red Scare” in the 1950s. Interpreting Political Cartoons:. Analyze as many cartoons as you can by identifying the meaning of the cartoon and examples of symbolism . Remember the components of all cartoons:

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* 730-735

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  1. * 730-735 Interpret Political Cartoons Describe examples of the “Second Red Scare” in the 1950s

  2. Interpreting Political Cartoons: • Analyze as many cartoons as you can by identifying the meaning of the cartoon andexamples of symbolism. • Remember the components of all cartoons: • Time and Place • Background Information • Use of Symbolism

  3. The Second “Red Scare” • Communism in America declined after • WWII • Nazi-Soviet Pact = many left the • party due to this. • Walter Reuther defeated communist • candidate for UAW president in • 1946 = little worker support. • Examples: • Republican Party used communism • against the Democrats in 1944 and 1946 • elections • “commydemocrats” • choice between “Communism and • Republicanism” helped Richard • Nixon win in Congress

  4. Examples: • Executive Order #9835 created the “Federal Loyalty Program” in 1947: • This program authorized investigations and background checks for all federal employees. • It disqualified anyone who had or continued to belong to the Communist party, or had any "sympathetic association" with the Communist party,

  5. The Second Red Scare • House Committee on Un-American • Activities (HUAC) • Texas Democratic Congress- • man Martin Dies forms it. • HUAC investigates “Hollywood • Ten” in 1950 since many movie • writers were foreign born. • Actors Gary Cooper and Ronald • Reagan assure the public they • were anti-communist.

  6. The Second Red Scare • The McCarran Committee (1951) • Goal to encourage diplomats • labor leaders, teachers to id • those involved in suspicious • activities (Communism). • Subversion Trials • 1949 Trial of the American • Communist Party • The Alger Hiss Case - 1948 • Whittaker Chambers • The Rosenberg Case - 1953 • physicist Klaus Fuchs • Senator Joseph McCarthy • Claimed to have lists of Com. • in the State Dept. and US Army.

  7. Senator Joseph McCarthy

  8. The Second Red Scare • Why did McCarthyism “catch hold” of Americans? • Existing laws like the Internal Security Act and • the Immigration and Naturalization Act promoted • suspicion. • Panic gripped many Americans, so it was relatively • easy to believe Communists were on the attack. • Employers required employees to swear loyalty • oaths as a condition of employment!

  9. Part of a report from British military leaders to the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, regarding a plan called 'Operation Unthinkable'- a surprise attack on the USSR, 1945

  10. Move three dots to make the triangle point down. * * * * * * * * * *

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