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Everything You Need To K now A bout The Second Red Scare To Succeed In APUSH wwwApushreviewcom What was the Second Red Scare Fear and hysteria over communism that s wept the country in the 1940s and 1950s ID: 383517

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APUSH Review: The Second Red Scare

Everything You Need To Know About The Second Red Scare To Succeed In APUSH

www.Apushreview.comSlide2

What was the Second Red Scare?

Fear and hysteria over communism that swept the country in the 1940s and 1950sMany individuals feared the US government was infiltrated by communistsReasons for the 2nd Red Scare:USSR actions after WWII in Eastern Europe

“Fall of China” in 1949

Soviet development of nuclear weaponsSlide3

Red Scare in the 1940s

HUAC (created in 1945)

House Committee on Un-American Activities

Prominent member was Richard Nixon – NOT JOSEPH McCarthy!

Alger Hiss:

One-time aide to FDRAccused of sharing 65 classified documentsIndicted and sentenced to 5 years in jail for perjury“Hollywood Ten”10 screenwriters that refused to testify before HUAC; sentenced to jail

Truman’s Loyalty Program:

Truman

issued an executive

order (9835) for federal employees to take a loyalty oathSlide4

Red Scare in the 1950s

McCarran Internal Security BillPassed over Truman’s VetoCommunist organizations must register with the governmentMcCarthyismSeen as a

demagogue

Leader that capitalizes on prejudices and false claims to gain power

Joseph McCarthy (R – Wisconson

)Accused state department officials of being communistsDownfall happened when he attacked the armyArthur Miller’s The Crucible

was an allegory to McCarthyism

Rosenbergs

Husband and wife convicted of giving a-bomb secrets to the Soviets

2008 – Revealed that the prosecution knew Ethel was innocentSlide5

Effects of the Second Red Scare

Blacklisting:Refusal to hire certain workers (100s in Hollywood were never hired for alleged ties to communism)Violation of constitutional rightsRemember, in times of war and crisis, individual rights decreaseCincinnati Reds changed their name to the Cincinnati

Redlegs

to avoid associations with Communism

Dennis v. US (1951):Upheld the Smith Act (1940)

Made it illegal to teach the violent overthrow of the governmentSlide6

Test Tips

Essay Topics:Comparing 1st Red Scare with 2nd Red Scare2

nd

Red Scare as it relates to domestic policy during The Cold War

Tips for Multiple-Choice questions:McCarthy was NOT part of HUACIndividual rights are limited (McCarthyism, Hollywood 10)

Good Luck!Slide7

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