2. 1. What did you see. 2. What did you hear. 3
1. What did you see? 2. What did you hear? 3. What did I accuse Kevin of doing? 4. Was I justified in my accusations toward Kevin and Bobby?

3. What was my behavior like?
Who would the office assume was guilty?

4. 7. What happened with Ethan when he came to the aid of Bobby
7. What happened with Ethan when he came to the aid of Bobby? Was I justified? 8. Why didn’t anyone else in the class say anything?

5. 9. What would other teachers/coaches think if I told them Kevin and Bobby were bad?

6. 10. Why am I doing this role playing exercise?

7. “The Red Scare” – the fear of communism

8. I. The fear of communism in the US government. A
I. The fear of communism in the US government. A. Loyalty Review Board was established in 1947.

9. 1. By 1951 a total of 20,000 federal workers were investigated. 2
1. By 1951 a total of 20,000 federal workers were investigated. 2. 2,900 federal workers resigned were fired. Many were not allowed to respond to charges made against them.

10. B. Federal State Department worker Alger Hiss was found guilty of perjury in 1950.

11. C. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were found guilty of giving away atom bomb secrets to the Soviet Union in In 1953 the Rosenbergs were executed.

12. II. The fear of communism spreading throughout American society
II. The fear of communism spreading throughout American society. Texas legislature pass a bill that made membership in the US communist party punishable with 20 years in jail. Why did the governor veto bill? Because the punishment should be death instead!

13. A. HUAC: House Committee on Un-American Activities

15. 1. HUAC investigated the role of communism in the Hollywood movie industry in 1947.

16. 2. Senator Joseph McCarthy used the committee to expand the investigation to others.

17. B. Internal Security Act of 1950 1
B. Internal Security Act of The act required party members to register with the federal government. 2. Strict controls were placed on immigrants suspected of being communist sympathizers.

19. C. Laws were passed at the state and federal levels to curb the threat of communism.
1. The McCarran Internal Security Act made it unlawful to plan any action that might lead to the establishment of a totalitarian dictatorship.

20. 2. The Communist Control Act of 1954 made membership in the communist party illegal.

21. D. The schools were used to curb the threat of communism and show its evils.
A 1947 comic book published by the Catechetical Guild Educational Society warning of the dangers of a Communist takeover

22. How did the Pledge of Allegiance change? -added “under God”

23. What did the city of Batavia add to show they were good loyal Americans? -Loyalty Day Parade

24. The federal government had plans in place to establish six camps to house suspected communists in case there was an all out war with the USSR.

25. III. Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy’s Methods 1950 – 1954
A. He was a demagogue who played on the emotions of the Cold War.

26. B. He claimed to have a list of communists that were working for the federal government. The number of accused communist changed frequently. He also never made the list public.

28. C. the multiple untruth tactic - accusing someone of numerous charges in the hopes the people will believe that one or more of the charges are true

30. D. exploitation of the press – holding news conferences and releasing press releases to gain maximum exposure for your message

32. E. He tried to intimidate fellow Congressmen.
1. Any Congressmen who disagreed was branded a communist traitor and un-American.

33. Margaret Chase Smith issued the Declaration of Conscience on June 1, 1950 which criticized McCarthy. She stated the basic principles of "Americanism" were:
The right to criticize;
The right to hold unpopular beliefs;
The right to protest;
The right of independent thought.

34. 2. Those who talked against McCarthy, like fellow Republican Margaret Chase Smith’s Declaration of Conscience in 1950, were attacked in their next election.

36. 3. Most Republicans liked how McCarthy was bashing the Democrats.

37. A. He encouraged the banning of some books and movies.
IV. How Senator McCarthy went too far with his accusations
A. He encouraged the banning of some books and movies.

38. B. He accused the US Army of harboring communist after they refused to drop the draft orders sent to one of his key aids.

39. C. The Republican President Eisenhower televised the McCarthy – US Army hearings in 1954.

40. “Little did I dream you could be so reckless and so cruel as to do an injury to that lad….Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator. You’ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency.” counsel for the Army Joseph N. Welch

41. C. McCarthy’s tactics and behavior made him look like a fool to the general public.

42. D. The US Senate voted 67 to 22 to censure McCarthy which ended his political career in December of 1954.

43. V. The long term influence of McCarthy.

44. Truman’s health care plan failed in 1948
Truman’s health care plan failed in Jonas Salk invented a vaccine for polio and suggested giving it out free to all but was turned down. Both were turned down because it was viewed as Soviet style socialized medicine.

46. A. The legacy of McCarthyism which is the policy or practice of publicly accusing suspected individuals or groups of political disloyalty or subversion.

49. B. The nation was paralyzed with half truths and false accusations
B. The nation was paralyzed with half truths and false accusations. As a result, many people were afraid to speak on public issues.

50. C. A legacy of political conformity.
1. Loyalty oaths were required for teachers, government workers etc..

51. New York City required a loyalty oath in order to receive a fishing license.
Indiana required professional wrestlers to take a loyalty oath.

52. 2. Books and movies were banned.
3. TV and Hollywood actors and actresses were blacklisted.

53. “Co-existence is a myth and neutrality impossible …
“Co-existence is a myth and neutrality impossible ….. Anyone who is not fighting communism is helping communism.” -Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals

54. 4. Activism by labor unions goes into decline.

55. 5. Some people’s careers were ruined if they failed to follow the anti-communist line.

56. Communist party membership in the US.
A. The American Communist Party in America was 45, in 1946.

57. B. The American Communist Party membership was under 5,000 by 1957.