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1950’s Red Scare AND McCarthyism

1950’s Red Scare AND McCarthyism. By: Jahia Morris Kennedy Mckiernan Valerie Montufar Aaron G arcia Sergio Heredia. SOAPSTONE. Speaker: group 5 Occasion: Mrs. Hong assigned the power point to learn about the Crucible Audience: The 11 th grade students

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1950’s Red Scare AND McCarthyism

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  1. 1950’s RedScareAND McCarthyism By: Jahia Morris Kennedy Mckiernan Valerie Montufar Aaron Garcia Sergio Heredia

  2. SOAPSTONE • Speaker: group 5 • Occasion: Mrs. Hong assigned the power point to learn about the Crucible • Audience: The 11th grade students • Purpose: To teach students about the 1950’s Red Scare/ McCarthyism • Subject: The Red Scare and McCarthyism • Tone: Assertive, educational

  3. What is the Red Scare • The term Red Scare was the promotion of fear of a potential rise of Communism • The first Red Scare (1919-1921) was about workers (socialist) revolution and political radicalism • The second Red Scare (1947-1957) was focused more on national and foreign communists influencing society, infiltrating the federal government, or both

  4. Who is McCarthy? • Born on November 14 , 1908 in Appleton , Wisconsin • Attended Marquette University • Earned a law degree in 1935 • Elected circuit judge of the tenth judicial circuit of Wisconsin in 1939 • Enlisted into the marines during World War 2 • Elected as a republican to the united states senate in 1946 • Reelected in 1952 and served from January 3, 1947 until his death May 2, 1957

  5. What is McCarthyism • McCarthyism was a political practice of accusing people of tension of anti government activities. • It was named under the Era of Joe McCarthy • The term had its origins in the period in the U.S. known as the second Red Scare ,and lasted 1950 – 1956. • McCarthyism was a widespread social and cultural phenomenon that affected all levels of society.

  6. Connection • The second Red Scare occurred after World War II and was popularly known as “McCarthyism” • Both the Crucible/ Salem and McCarthyism are connected because they allowed both communities to have hysteria be spread without proof of wrong doing • Both communities allowed bad things to happen to good, innocent people. • McCarthyism started because of the Red Scare

  7. Anticommunist/ Communist • By the 1930’s communism had become an attractive economic ideology in the U.S • The communist party in the U.S increased it membership with a peak of 75,000 members • Postwar anti-communist were rooted even more directly in the political culture of the 1930’s • Joseph McCarthy became the person most closely associated with the anti-communist crusade.

  8. The effect on people • Lost jobs • Innocent people were being prosecuted by their own country • Kids at school were being out casted • People were violating constitutional rights • Deportations of innocent people • Women’s suffrage associations were weakened

  9. The End • McCarthyism ended in the late 1950’s when McCarthy's fraud was revealed • Ideals of McCarthyism started to loose support, and the public started to believe that the chase for the Red Scare was actually a red herring

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