1. Espionage Trials and Cultural Shifts

2. In the 1950’s, fear of nuclear war and fear of communist agents was combined in a pair of key espionage trials – In 1948, Alger Hiss was accused of spying for the Soviet Union Hiss was a former State Department official Hiss was convicted of perjury – In 1950, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were accused of giving the Soviet Union information about the atomic bomb during WWII This was believed to have led to the Soviet Union developing an atomic bomb earlier than expected They were convicted of espionage, sentenced to death, and executed in 1953

3. The Rosenbergs Guiding Question: Should the Rosenbergs have been convicted of espionage? Highlight or underline anything in the secondary source that can help you answer the guiding question

4. The Rosenbergs Guiding Question: Should the Rosenbergs have been convicted of espionage? Highlight or underline anything in the secondary source that can help you answer the guiding question Write a 30-40 word summary of what the secondary source has to say about the guiding question

5. The Rosenbergs Guiding Question: Should the Rosenbergs have been convicted of espionage? Highlight or underline anything in the court transcript that can help you answer the guiding question

6. The Rosenbergs Guiding Question: Should the Rosenbergs have been convicted of espionage? Highlight or underline anything in the court transcript that can help you answer the guiding question Write a 40-50 word summary of what the transcript has to say about the guiding question

7. The Pledge of Allegiance, as written in the 1920’s and adopted by Congress in 1942 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all The Pledge of Allegiance adopted by Congress in 1954 I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all Quote from Karm Marx, founder of communism in periods when the political state as such is born violently out of civil society, when political liberation is the form in which men strive to achieve their liberation, the state can and must go as far as the abolition of religion, the destruction of religion. How might these three quotes relate to each other?