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McCarthyism . Warm-up. What was the Red Scare?. Announcements. Quiz Today I will review with you guys for about 20 minutes. Quiz Review. Communism vs. Democracy Why did the Cold War start?
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Warm-up • What was the Red Scare?
Announcements • Quiz Today • I will review with you guys for about 20 minutes
Quiz Review • Communism vs. Democracy • Why did the Cold War start? • What are NATO, deterrent, Truman Doctrine, Berlin Airlift, Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay or Pigs, and the Marshall Plan, Korean War.
Quiz Time • No Talking • No cheating
Vocabulary • Red Scare- period in American history where there was great fear of communism in the United States. There were two Red Scares, the first from 1918-1921 and the second from 1947-1957.
Dot Game • Each of you will be given an index card. Some of the index cards will have red stickers on them. Some will not have anything on them. • Your job is to question your classmates to figure out who has the red dots. • You cannot show your card to anyone. • The goal of the game is the create the largest group of people without a red dot. • Questions?
Dot Game Debrief • How did it feel to be questioned? • Was it easy or hard to convince your classmates that you did not have a red dot? Why or why not? • What did you rely on to decide who had a red dot and who did not have a red dot? • Do you think this game was a fair way to find the people with the red dots? Why or Why not?
Notes • We are going to do our notes a little differently today. • The five terms below are what you need to have information on. • On one side of your paper write the first term and skip 5 lines, then write the next one and keep doing this until you have written all the terms. • Red Scare • HUAC • Joseph McCarthy • Rosenberg Trial • Civil Liberties
Why did we have a Second Red Scare? • As the cold war started there was fear of Soviet spies in the United States. • In addition, the Soviets created their own atomic bomb in 1949. • Americans were afraid that their national security was at risk.
Red Scare • During this time many in film, radio and movies were blacklisted. • This means that they were put on a list of people not to hire because they were thought to be communists.
HUAC and McCarthy • The House Un-American Activities Committee was founded in 1938 to investigate disloyalty and harmful foreign influences in the U.S. but was used extensively after 1947 to find communists. • HUAC launched a series of widely publicized hearings targeting Hollywood. • In 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy began a campaign to expose Communists all over the U.S.
HUAC and McCarthy continued • McCarthy created a list of high level U.S. operative who he believed to be Communists. • The public was outraged and investigations started. Anyone who challenged McCarthy was looked at as being a Communist or sympathizing with Communists. • He attacked dozens of innocent people. • He was only stopped when he accused the military of housing Communists
Rosenberg Trial • Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were American communists who were convicted of sending American Nuclear secrets to the Soviets • They were both executed. • This caused a huge stir in America because may believed they were unfairly punished because of the hysteria of the Red Scare
What Civil liberties did the Red Scare limit? • Freedom from discrimination • Freedom of speech and thought • Freedom of association
Red Scare Political Cartoons • We are going to look at a few political cartoons to get a better idea of the Red Scare. • You will draw 4 t-charts on your paper that look like the one below. • What I see What it means
Exit Slip • Write a 1 paragraph newspaper article or draw a political cartoon about how the Red Scare limited the civil liberties of Americans. • If you draw a cartoon write a 1 sentence description of the cartoon underneath.