1. The Second Red Scare

2. 1950-Senator Joseph McCarthy The Wisconsin Senator was looking for a campaign issue to earn him some media attention to help him get re-elected.

3. Second Red Scare The groundwork for the second Red Scare was set by our mistrust of the Soviets following WWII.

4. Established 1947, The CIA Is the US spy network.

5. 1949- The Soviet Union explodes its own nuclear weapon.

6. 1949- China falls to the Communists

7. 1950-53 The Korean War

8. The House on Un-American Activities Committee. HUAC It had been formed in 1938 to investigate Americans with Nazi ties. Later it was used to root out communists. McCarthy was a member.

9. Hollywood becomes the focus of the “Red Scare.”

10. “The Hollywood Ten “ “ Blacklisting” 1947

11. Lucille Ball 1953-Investigated by HUAC for registering to vote as a communist in the 1930’s at the urging of her Grandfather.

12. “The only thing ‘red’ about Lucy is her hair & that’s not even real.” Desi Arnaz

13. 1950- Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Accused of passing nuclear secrets to the Soviets.

14. 1953- The Rosenberg’s executed for espionage. Later evidence revealed Julius was a spy but Ethel was not.

15. 1950-Senator Joseph McCarthy The Wisconsin Senator was looking for a campaign issue to earn him some media attention to help him get re-elected.

16. In a campaign speech in West Virginia, McCarthy claims to have a list of 205 known communist agents working in the US State Department.

17. McCarthyism- The use of unproven accusations to label someone as a communist.

18. Impacts of McCarthy & Anti-Communist Hysteria: Politics: moved right – fear that any enlargement of government role in life was a move towards socialism/communism. Laws: many laws passed at all levels preventing communists from doing things or requiring a loyalty oath Education: teachers and professors required to take loyalty oaths, textbooks spread anti-communist propaganda Entertainment: individual writers, producers, actors, etc. were “blacklisted” from working in Hollywood if they defended themselves against anti-communist charges

19. 1954- The Army-McCarthy hearings In nationally televised hearings, McCarthy is exposed as a bully and a fraud when he accuses the US Army for sheltering Communists.

20. A “Witch Hunt”. 1954- McCarthy is censured by the US Senate for conduct unbecoming his office. Irony – very few communists ever in US