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Goal: McCarthyism

Goal: McCarthyism. Warm-up: Deal with cheating scandal. Nothing new. A. Mitchell Palmer Mass Hysteria Terrorist attacks (Wall St.) Deportations. What was HUAC ?. Short for the House of Un-American Activities Committee Est. 1937 Abolished in 1975

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Goal: McCarthyism

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  1. Goal:McCarthyism Warm-up: Deal with cheating scandal

  2. Nothing new • A. Mitchell Palmer • Mass Hysteria • Terrorist attacks (Wall St.) • Deportations

  3. What was HUAC? • Short for the House of Un-American Activities Committee • Est. 1937 • Abolished in 1975 • Objective- to look for communists who they thought were trying to overthrow the government.

  4. HUAC • Questions asked • 5th Amendment

  5. HUAC & the Fifth Amendment • Pleading the fifth means to refuse to answer a question that might harm their case. • Hollywood Ten (actors, playwrights, etc.) refused to answer any questions from HUAC, and they were found guilty of disrespecting Congress, so they went to jail.

  6. Blacklisted..? • A blacklist is a list of people under suspicion of communism. • Some examples are: • Government officials • Film stars/ Hollywood writers • Many kinds of activists • Teachers • Artists • Musicians • Teenagers • AND A LOT MORE!

  7. Entertainment Industry • Hollywood Ten -Even W. Disney had to appear before HUAC. -The ten men were convicted of contempt. Their appeals of course were denied, all served prison terms of up to one year.

  8. How was the FBI connected to McCarthyism? Joseph McCarthy and member of HUAC received information on many people from the FBI

  9. The McCarran Act • Also known as the Internal Security Act of 1950 • Was an anti-communist law • Allowed concentrations camps in states of emergencies

  10. Success • Alger Hiss • Julius Rosenberg

  11. Failure • Ethel Rosenberg • Ayn Rand

  12. How was the Korean war and advances of communism in eastern Europe and China connected to McCarthyism? • With the war going badly on Korea & communists advances in Eastern Europe and in China, the public were frightened about the possibilities of communists

  13. Started by Joseph McCarthy It was thepersecution of communists 1940s to 1950s It was the second Red Scare 1947 to 1957 They were periods of anti-communism. Over 1000 people were accused of being communists. What is McCarthyism / the Red Scare?

  14. Who was Joseph McCarthy? • Campaign of 1952 • Launched the crusade to rout out communism in America • He started McCarthyism • He brought communism to people’s attention • Investigated government departments and asked a lot of people about their political pasts • Accused many people as communists due to his own fears of them.

  15. Sen. Joseph McCarthy • Bio • Wheeling Speech • Primary sources

  16. Too Far • Ike and the Army • Edward R. Murrow

  17. Key Points • The Red Scare was a time period where many Americans feared communists. • Joseph McCarthy & HUAC were very paranoid of communists. • Joseph McCarthy & HUAC accused more than 1000 people of being communists, and they were blacklisted • Many people blacklisted used their fifth amendment rights when HUAC questioned them. • McCarthyism was the persecution of alleged communists.

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