PPT-McCarthyism & the Red Scare

Semester 2 Week 7 The New Red Scare Rumors amp accusations of communists in the US amp of Communist infiltration in the govt tapped into fears that the Communists were trying to take over the world. Accusation Part II. The "RED" Threat. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s America was overwhelmed with concerns about the threat of communism.. Capitalizing on those concerns, young Senator Joseph McCarthy made a public accusation that more than 200 communists had infiltrated the US government.. 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. Everything You Need To . K. now . A. bout The Second Red Scare To Succeed In APUSH. www.Apushreview.com. What was the Second Red Scare?. Fear and hysteria over communism that . s. wept the country in the 1940s and 1950s. The time period from 1946 to 1955, during which Senator Joseph McCarthy led a movement to find and prosecute suspected communists. Also known as the . Red Scare . time period. McCarthyism. came to mean false charges of disloyalty.. 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.. -Arthur Miller. 1915-2005. The Crucible . by Arthur Miller. Grew up during the Great Depression. Wrote screenplays for Hollywood. 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. . 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 . The "RED" Threat. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s America was overwhelmed with concerns about the threat of communism.. Capitalizing on those concerns, young Senator Joseph McCarthy made a public accusation that more than 200 communists had infiltrated the US government.. Appeal to Fear/ Scare Tactics Scare tactics try to frighten people into agreeing with the arguer by threatening them or predicting unrealistic dire consequences Universal Example Many smoking commercials demonstrate scare tactics. Organizing Research. EQ: How do I organize my research into a thesis and topic sentences?. Thesis: . WHAT: one sentence that tells what the entire paper is about. WHERE: Last sentence in first paragraph.