PPT-McCarthyism

Sen Joseph McCarthy While the House UnAmerican Activities Committee HUAC had been formed in 1938 as an antiCommunist organ among other things McCarthys accusations in 1950 heightened the political tensions of the times. What Is Communism?. A government system in which all property is community property.. Everyone works.. The government provides food, housing, healthcare, etc., but little to no wages.. No one owns land, houses, etc. . def: the wide spread fear that communists living in America would try to take over. Congress Hunts for Communists. Truman makes it against the law to teach or advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government- SMITH ACT. Semester 2. Week 7. The New Red Scare. Rumors & accusations of communists in the U.S. & of Communist infiltration in the gov’t tapped into fears that the Communists were trying to take over the world. BY: Kate Rhoads, Maya Givens, Emma Smith, Savanah Northern . About Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Wisconsin senator, Joseph R. McCarthy is most known for being a symbol of the “Red Scare” and initiating the term McCarthyism. McCarthyism is the practice of accusing one of disloyalty, many times without support.. Cold War Spies and the Rise of Joseph McCarthy. Today’s Objective. After today’s lesson, students will be able to…. Discuss the legitimacy of the communist threat in the 1950s and how the U.S. handled such threats. OH GOD. COMMIES EVERYWHERE. SPIES WATCHING US. THEY HATE US FOR OUR FREEDOM. The . Red Scare. A period of extreme paranoia of . communist. infiltrators in . America. Communism. in . America*. *Communism . How did it begin?. At the end of World War II, two powerful nations came into view – the USA and the USSR (Russia). . Both . countries were distrustful of each other. Mistrust and hostility between the two grew and the US worked to stop the spread of Communism. . . Drama and Allegory. The Rise of Communism. First Red Scare – 1917-1920. Russian Revolution - 1919. People accused/jailed with little or no evidence . 1939 WWII – Russia, ally to USA. Alien Registration Act – 1940 . Definition. The practice of publicizing accusations of political disloyalty or subversion with insufficient regard to evidence.. 2. . The use of unfair investigatory or accusatory methods in order to suppress opposition.. mccarthyism. puritans. Christians began to feel that the church in england was corrupt.. Reformers believed the scripture dictates . Christian . life not the clergy.. These non-conformists wanted to . Arthur Miller. Some biographical information:. Born in 1915, New York City. Worked his way through college at University of Michigan. Began career as a playwright in 1938, writing plays to be performed on the radio. Red Scare. A New Hysteria. 1946-1954. Commies. !. Commies: Be very, very afraid. Long history of “Red Scares”. Anti-communist sentiment goes back to the Gilded Age. Coming on the heels of the Paris Commune rebellion of 1871, the 1877 RR strike was regarded by many as the start of the “concerted assertion of Communism throughout the United States. Nuclear Weaponry. Objective:. Describe . how the U.S. government fought the Cold War in America.. Purpose. :. To learn . the effects of the Cold War on the Home Front by participating in a dot activity to simulate how McCarthyism and persecution functioned.. The Cold War Begins. Learning Targets:. List the causes and effects of the “Red Scare” on American Society.. Describe . the tactics of Joseph McCarthy and explain why few challenged him.. Explain the goals of Project .