1. Cold War & American Society
Ch. 21.3

2. Objectives Describe the new Red Scare.
Discuss how American society reflected fears of the nuclear age.

3. New Red Scare I. New Red Scare A. Subversion 1. Gouzenko
a. loyalty review program
b. HUAC
-J. Edgar Hoover
2. Alger Hiss
a. Whittaker Chambers
-pumpkin papers
*perjury

4. Rosenbergs B. The Rosenbergs 1. Charles Fuchs-British scientist
a. Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
-condemned to Death
C. Project Venona
D. Red Scare Spreads
1. Oaths of Loyalty
-Cal Berkley
-Unions

5. McCarthyism

6. Questions:
During the 1950’s, many workers in a variety of fields lost their jobs because they were accused of having Communist sympathies. Although many accused were Communist, many were not. Why do you think some workers were afraid to stand up for their friends accused of Communism?

7. Life During the Early Cold War
II. Life During the Early cold War
A. Facing the Bomb
1. Hydrogen Bomb (1953)
a. Duck and Cover drills
B. Fallout – radiation left after a blast
1. fallout shelters
C. Mixed feelings of security

8. H-Bomb Attack

9. In-Class Assignment
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