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1 U.S. History Agenda 3/21/17 Warm up #4 Lecture #4 Cold War at Home
*Copy agenda down on your notebook. (Phones and earphones should be put away & backpacks should be behind you or on the floor). Warm up #4 Lecture #4 Cold War at Home Primary source analysis Talking Chips Paragraph response

2 Warm-Up #4 Have you ever been accused of something you didn't do? How did you handle it? Sentence Starters: Yes, I was accused of something I didn’t do when______. I dealt with it by ____. No, I have never been accused of something like that, but if I was I would handle it by____

3 Lecture #4 The Cold War at Home
FLT: I will be able to evaluate the impact of McCarthyism on the American home front.

4 McCarthyism & The Red Scare
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5 The Cold War At Home Americans began to get scared that there might be communists living amongst us This fear intensified with the fall of China and the stalemate of the Korean War This fear would guide American actions at home… Why are Americans afraid of? Infer what they might do out of fear.

6 McCarthyism Senator Joseph McCarthy (Republican) claimed to have names of Communist members working in the government Never actually produced a name but still continued to put fear in Americans McCarthyism has come to refer to the unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyalty without providing evidence Took it too far by accusing U.S. Army and bullying witnesses, which lost public support and led to his downfall If you were named, you lost everything! (friends, jobs, respect unless you gave more names) What do you think would happen if a person questioned McCarthy because he never provided evidence?

7 McCarthy telegram to Truman
Read and annotate McCarthy’s telegram to Truman and answer the guiding questions after discussing with your partner. Read and annotate Truman’s reply and answer the guiding questions after discussing with your partner.

8 Talking Chips Describe how McCarthyism impacted American society.
Do you believe these government actions were necessary, or did they violate constitutional rights? How would you describe Truman’s attitude towards Senator McCarthy? Why do you think Truman refers to McCarthy as having “little sense of responsibility”? What do you think were McCarthy’s intentions for sending this telegram to the President? How do you think President Truman would react to the telegrams?

9 Paragraph Response #2 Describe how McCarthyism impacted American society. Do you believe these government actions were necessary, or did they violate constitutional rights? Why? Sentence Starters : McCarthyism impacted American society by ______. In my opinion I believe these government actions were necessary /not necessary(violated constitutional rights) because________.

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