1. Chapter 25 Section 3 The Cold War Begins Riddlebarger
The Second Red Scare
“Beware, commies, spies, traitors, and foreign agents! Captain America, with all loyal, free men behind him, is looking for you!”
Chapter 25
Section 3
The Cold War Begins
Riddlebarger

2. “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”
- Albert Einstein

3. Growing Fear of Communism
Post-WW2 years are a tense time in America.
2 events increase anxiety:
Soviets develop own atomic bomb
China becomes Communist

4. Soviet Atomic Weapons August 1949: Soviets detonate an atomic weapon
shock to U.S.
strengthen our military

5. Threat of Communist China
Soviet a-bomb >>> China becomes Communist
People’s Republic of China is born.

6. Red China Nationalist government Chiang Kai-Shek
Chinese Communists Mao Zedong
additional threat to U.S.?

7. Spread of Communism

8. Fighting the Spread of Communism at Home
Events of 1949 (China, Soviet A-bomb) feed strong anti-Communist feelings in USA.
Communist influence in U.S. government?
Efforts underway to root out disloyal people.
Herb Block

9. Investigating Communism
HUAC
Hollywood 1947
Hollywood Ten

10. Blacklisted
Impact on Hollywood
blacklisted

12. 100 Things You Should Know About Communism
HUAC distributes pamphlets alerting people to communism.
Question: Where can they be found?
Answer: Everywhere

13. Truman and Loyalty Fear & impact on politics Truman under pressure
Republican accusations.
Truman response

14. Smith Act 1940’s law to fight Communism Impact Supreme Court ruling
revision

15. McCarran Act 1950- further action to fight communism McCarran Act
Truman veto
it “would delight Communists” by making “a mockery of the Bill of Rights & of our claims to stand for freedom in the world.”
Congress response

16. Spy Cases Communist fears fuel spy cases Alger Hiss Richard Nixon
Who is he?
Pumpkin Papers
Whitaker Chambers
Richard Nixon
Conviction

17. The Rosenbergs Ethel & Julius Rosenberg
convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage
Case questions
Executed in 1953

18. Senator Joseph McCarthy

19. Rise of McCarthyism Senator McCarthy claims Public reaction evidence
Explains?
evidence

20. McCarthyism Reputation Further charges McCarthyism
What if you complained?
McCarthyism

21. McCarthy’s Fall Increasingly charges. Republicans -1953. Army- 1954
Televised hearings.

23. “Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all to frequently those who…ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism: The right to criticize. The right to hold unpopular beliefs. The right to protest. The right to independent thought…Freedom of speech…has been so abused by some that it is not exercised by others.”
Senator Margaret Chase Smith
Declaration of Conscience, June 1, 1950

24. Honors Assessment Write 1-2 paragraphs answering the following:
What was Venona and how was it used to identify Soviet spies in America?
Why did the FBI choose to keep Venona classified and do you think this was a wise decision?
Why were the Rosenberg’s convicted of espionage? Do you believe the verdict was just? Why or why not?
Assuming they were guilty, do you think they deserved the death penalty?
Why was Soviet espionage such an important issue in the late 1940’s & early 50’s?

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