PPT-Alger Hiss and McCarthyism

DH chp 45 Alger Hiss Hiss had clerked for a Supreme Court Justice advised FDR at Yalta helped found the UN and headed the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Whittaker Chambers ed at . 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.. The Hiss of the Snake. Introduction. Can you hear it? . Acts . 20:29 . I . know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. . Jude 4. : there . are certain individuals who have secretly slipped among you, they are ungodly people who pervert the grace of our God. . By: Philip Adams and Andrew . Weakland. . Formed on April 4, 1949 as a result of North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington D.C. . 5 nations signed the Treaty of Brussels on March 17. , 1948 (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, and the United . 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.. The Hiss of the Snake. Introduction. Can you hear it? . Acts . 20:29 . I . know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. . Jude 4. : there . are certain individuals who have secretly slipped among you, they are ungodly people who pervert the grace of our God. . to . McCarthyism. & . Symbolism . in . The Crucible . McCarthyism. : In the 1940s and 1950s Americans feared the encroachment of Communism. The Soviet Union was growing in power and the threat of a nuclear holocaust was on the forefront of American minds. Eastern Europe had become a conglomerate of Communist satellite nations. Throw in China and Americans began to feel they were surrounded by a Communist threat. Paranoia ensued.. -Arthur Miller. 1915-2005. The Crucible . by Arthur Miller. Grew up during the Great Depression. Wrote screenplays for Hollywood. “Big Three” Conferences. Teheran, November-December 1943 . Yalta, February 1945. Potsdam, July-August 1945 . Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Speech, Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, March 5, 1946. Alger Hiss was discovered to be a communist by the HUAC in the 1930s. Hiss was the epitome of communists (lawyer, Harvard, worked for FDR , etc.). Hiss denied all of the claims. He was seen innocent by liberals but not conservatives. Chuquitaipe. , Miguel Gomez, Ian . Chochrek. , and Riley Murphy. "Horatio alger myth". In the article "The Horatio Alger Myth" by Ralph D. Garner, the . author write a biography on Horatio Alger. . Many of his stories were rags to riches stories that inspired many low class children around the United . 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.. 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.. 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.. 360 Park Avenue South New York NY 10010 / wwwalgercomWHBIO0620William HuangBIOGRAPHY