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Dot Game Instructions

Dot Game Instructions. Pick a small piece of paper from the bag. Some of the pieces of paper have a red dot on them. (DO NOT REVEAL WHAT IS ON YOUR PIECE OF PAPER) Object of the game is to create the largest group possible without any red dots.

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Dot Game Instructions

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  1. Dot Game Instructions • Pick a small piece of paper from the bag. Some of the pieces of paper have a red dot on them. (DO NOT REVEAL WHAT IS ON YOUR PIECE OF PAPER) • Object of the game is to create the largest group possible without any red dots. • Question each other as they form groups (e.g. “Are you for or against red dots”). REMEMBER: NO STUDENT IS TO REVEAL WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE A RED DOT ON THEIR PAPER. • The largest group without a member with a red dot wins. Any person who holds a red dot and has infiltrated a group wins.

  2. The Cold War at Home and Abroad THE SECOND RED SCARE

  3. The Communist Party and The Loyalty Program • Communist Party in US declining after WWII • Republicans used red-baiting as a campaign technique in 1944 and 1946 • Tried to frighten voters about “commydemocrats” by linking FDR, CIO labor unions and Communism • Helped the Republicans win seats • Truman set up Loyalty Program (1947) • Federal employees being a part of organizations or even sympathizing was grounds for dismissal.

  4. The Communist Party and The Loyalty Program cont. • Employees were fearful • Loyalty boards asked about religion, racial equality, and a taste for foreign films • 1210 fired 6000 resigned

  5. Naming Names to Congress • House Un-American Activities Committee (1945) • Job was to investigated “un-American” propaganda • Targeted Hollywood to make sure no un-American messages were being pushed through the entertainment business • Many execs and actors confirmed their anti-communist feelings (Gary Cooper and Ronald Reagan for example) • 8 screen writers and 2 directors refused to speak: The Hollywood Ten • When brought to Congress First Amendment Right did not work and all were found guilty and served jail time. • Many people Blacklisted and banned from entering America

  6. Naming names to Congress cont. • McCarran Committee • Targeted diplomats, labor union leaders, professors, and school teachers. • Not to force personal confessions , but to identify friends and associates • Fifth Amendment Communists

  7. Subversion Trials • Former Communist Whittaker Chambers named Alger Hiss a Communist in 1948. • Hiss sued for Slander • Chambers gave Congressman Nixon microfilms that he had hidden in a pumpkin • FAITH NOT FACTS • Justice Department indicted Hiss for perjury • Second jury convicted in January 1950 • Klaus Fuchs confessed to passing atomic secrets to Soviets • Implicated Julius and Ethel Rosenburg

  8. Charged with Conspiring to commit Espionage • Sent to electric chair for not naming other spies • Plausible but not airtight. Ethel probably innocent and was charged as a way of pressuring her husband.

  9. Senator McCarthy on Stage • Speeches full of multiple lies. • Plentitude of accusations with lack luster facts and proof • People listened to him; fellow senators viewed him as an outsider • Accused George Marshall, and Eisenhower did nothing • “Have you no decency?”- Joseph Welch • Died from alcoholism in 1957

  10. Understanding McCarthyism • Tools of political repression remained. Into late 60s. • Cities and states required loyalty oaths of employees • Four Main Factors • Legit but exaggerated concern about atomic spies • Undercurrent of anti-Semitism • South and Western resentment of nations Ivy League elite • Soviet and Chinese Communist successes blamed on American traitor rather than Communist strengths. • Republicans used McCarthy until they got the presidency in 1952 and then abandoned him

  11. Do now: • What message is the politic cartoon trying to convey? • Where do you think you would see propaganda like this?

  12. T- Chart Communism • Civil Liberties not protected • No individuality (classless society) • People should work together for good of society • Fear of Domino Theory • Gov’t controls industry and society • Some fear gov’t power and control • Accept all gov’t decisions McCarthyism • Fear of accusations suppresses free speech • Fear of accusations suppresses individuality • McCarthy wants people to turn in suspected communists • More and more people are accused (not proven of) being communist • Fear of McCarthy(senator=gov’t) means he control much of society • Keep to self- easier and less dangerous

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