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* 730-735• Interpret Political Cartoons• Describe examples of the “Second Red Scare” in the 1950s
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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:
Time and Place
Background Information
Use of Symbolism
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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
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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,
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• 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.
The Second Red Scare
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• 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.
The Second Red Scare
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Senator Joseph McCarthy
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• 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!
The Second Red Scare
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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
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Move three dots to make the triangle point down.
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