objective: to examine the red scare of the 1950’s and beyond
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Objective: To examine the Red Scare of the 1950’s and beyond. Cummings of the Daily Express, 24 August 1953, "Back to Where it all Started". V. The Cold War at Home. During the late 1940’s and early 1950’s, fear of communism led to reckless charges against - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Objective: To examine the Red Scare of the 1950’s and beyond.
Cummings of the Daily Express, 24 August 1953, "Back to Where it all Started"
V. The Cold War at HomeDuring the late1940’s and early1950’s, fear ofcommunism ledto reckless charges againstinnocent citizens.The House Un-American ActivitiesCommittee (HUAC)investigated allegedcommunist activitiesin Hollywood.Hollywood Ten-Video
- Americans, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were accused of stealing nuclear secrets for the Soviets.
-The Rosenbergs were executed for their crimes in 1953.-YouTube - Spies in America: The Ethel Rosenberg Story
Example of American fears of Communism:
McCarthy Launches His “Witch Hunt”
In the early 1950’s,Senator Joseph McCarthyof Wisconsin began accusing members of thestate department of beingcommunists. Since thattime, “McCarthyism” hasreferred to the unfair tacticof accusing people of dis-loyalty without providingevidence.YouTube - McCruciblism
McCarthy’s reckless claims:
· In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy announced that he had a list of 205 State Department employees that were members of the Communist party.
Bomb Shelters
The threat of nuclearattack led Americansto build bomb shelters and practiceair-raid drills. Fear ofnuclear war becamea constant in Americanlife for the next 30 years.YouTube - Do It Yourself Fallout Shelter
Video: “Duck and Cover” (1951 - 9:15)
