1. N E P O C N A H I O S

3. What was it like living during this time period?

4.  99 Redballoons 99 Redballoons  Daisy – 1964 Daisy – 1964  Bear in the Woods – 1980 Bear in the Woods – 1980  Eve of Destruction - 1965 Eve of Destruction - 1965

5.  Growing fear of Communism!  But Why?  Spreading across eastern Europe and into Asia so that means a greater world population is under Communist control!  In 1950 population was... US/Western Europe = 345,342,000  Soviet Union/Eastern Europe/China = 841,795,000  Soviet Union was keeping up in Arms Race

6.  Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed there were 205 known Communist working for US Department of State.  Spread fear of Communism through baseless charges – he had NO EVIDENCE!  Why do you think people listened to him?

7.  Alger Hiss - 1948  Accused of being a spy for the Soviets  Although he denied the charges, evidence later showed Hiss had lied to HUAC.  In 1950 he was convicted of perjury (lying under oath) and sentenced to prison. Soviet documents decoded by American intelligence and declassified in the 1990s confirmed Hiss’s guilt in the case.

8.  Nuclear physicist, worked on the Manhattan Project.  Transmitted information to the Soviet Union, including detailed drawings of “Fat Man,” from WWII.  After serving nine years in prison, Fuchs settled in East Germany.

9.  Convicted of passing military secrets to the Soviets, including information from Ethel’s brother, who was an employee on the Manhattan Project.  Received the death sentence and were executed in 1953.  First U.S. civilians to be executed for espionage

10.  Federal Civil Defense Administration  Help educate and prepare the public for nuclear emergencies  Duck and Cover – Bert the Turtle  Air raid sirens  Prepare the home!

11.  1950 – 9% of homes had a television  1959 – more than 40 million homes have at least 1 television  What is that percentage today?  98%  How does the TV impact the culture at this time?  Politics, Advertising, Leisure time

13.  President Eisenhower and Congress approved funding for a 40,000 mile system of high-speed roads in 1956.  Interstate system  Why now?  Not only public transportation, but mobilization of military supplies in case of an emergency or foreign invasion!