USH2 Unit 5: America and the World Lesson 5.4 part 2 = The Cold War and American Society

Review How can the following be considered consequences of WW2? GI Bill Levittown’s Baby boomers

EQ How did the Cold War impact American society?

Focus What do you already know about the “Red Scare”?

THE COLD WAR AND AMERICAN SOCIETY

SETTING THE STAGE FEARING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITY, THE GOVERNMENT TRIED TO ROOT OUT COMMUNISTS IN GOVERNMENT, HOLLYWOOD, AND LABOR UNIONS, WHILE AMERICANS LEARNED TO LIVE WITH THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR ATTACK

A NEW RED SCARE DURING THE 1950’S, AMERICANS WERE CAUGHT UP IN THE RED SCARE EVENTS OF 1949 LED TO FEAR OF A COMMUNIST SUBVERSION, OR PLOT TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT

HOUSE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE IN 1947 TRUMAN SET UP A LOYALTY REVIEW PROGRAM TO SCREEN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FOR COMMUNIST IDEAS THE FBI INFLITRATED GROUPS AND WIRETAPPED PHONES FBI DIRECTOR J EDGAR HOOVER ALSO URGED HUAC TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING ON SUBVERSION ONE OF THE HEARINGS FOCUSED ON HOLLYWOOD = MANY REFUSED TO TESTIFY AND WERE BLACKLISTED

THE ROSENBERGS IN ANOTHER CASE, ETHEL AND JULIUS ROSENBERG WERE FOUND GUILTY OF PASSING ATOMIC SECRETS TO SOVIETS THEY WERE FOUND GUILTY AND EXECUTED

AP What events led to and contributed to the Red Scare during the 1950’s?

THE MCCARRAN ACT PASSED IN 1950, LAW REQUIRED COMMUNIST ORGANIZATIONS TO REGISTER W/ GOV’T. LAW STOPPED COMMUNISTS OF GETTING PASSPORTS AND TRAVELING ABROAD ALSO STATED THEY COULD BE ARRESTED DURING EMERGENCIES

AP: The McCarron Act 1 sentence

MCCARTHYISM IN 1949 THE RED SCARE GREW WORSE = USSR GOT THE BOMB, CHINA FELL TO COMMUNISM = ARE WE LOSING? IN FEB. OF 1950, SEN. JOSEPH MCCARTHY CLAIMED HE HAD A LIST OF 205 COMMUNISTS IN STATE DEPT.

MCCARTHY TACTICS IN 1952, MCCARTHY BECAME CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE SUBCOMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS HE FORCED GOVT OFFICIALS TO TESTIFY MCCARTHY TURNED INVESTIGATIONS INTO WITCH HUNTS BASED ON NO EVIDENCE AND FEAR HE DESTROYED REPUTATIONS W/ UNFOUNDED CHARGES = MCCARTHYISM = BADGERING WITNESSES AND NOT ACCEPTING ANSWERS = LEFT A SENSE OF SUSPICION AND GUILT

MCCARTHY’S DOWNFALL IN 1954 MCCARTHY BEGAN QUESTIONING MEMBERS OF THE USA ARMY INVESTIGATION AIRED ON TELEVISION, GENERALS BEGAN TO CHALLENGE HIM AND HIS METHODS PUBLIC SAW HIM FOR WHAT HE WAS = A BULLY SEEKING POLITICAL POWER THROUGH FEAR AND ACCUSATION IN 1954 THE SENATE PASSED A VOTE OF CENSURE

AP: Joseph McCarthy Note to buddy

EISENHOWER’S COLD WAR POLICIES 1953-1961 COLD WAR THINKING = “MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK” MASSIVE RETALIATION AND BRINKMANSHIP CONTAIN COMMUNISM BY HAVING STRONG ECONOMY AND COVERT OPERATIONS. IKE HINTS TO THE CHINESE OF POSSIBLE USE OF NUKES TO END KOREAN WAR. https://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=vKmG5Fisu20

AP: IKE 1 2 3

IKE VS. KUSCHEV BY 1956, NIKITA KRUSCHEV HAD EMERGED AS THE LEADER OF THE USSR AFTER LAUNCH OF SPUTNIK,KRUSCHEV SAYS “WE WILL BURY CAPITALISM, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL LIVE UNDER COMMUNISM!” FEVERISH ARMS RACE DEVELOPS

U2 SPY PLANE SHOT DOWN DUE TO INCREASE TENSION, IKE AND KRUSCHEV AGREED TO MEET FACE TO FACE AT A PEACE SUMMIT IN PARIS. SHORTLY AFTER SUMMIT BEGINS, USSR SHOT DOWN OUR SPY PLANE KRUSCHEV BREAKS UP SUMMIT WHEN IKE REFUSES TO APOLOGIZE.

AP: Quick Description Sputnik U2 Spy incident

The Century: Happy Daze

Learning Log Summarize in your own words what you have learned today. How did the Cold War impact American society? How did Senator Joseph McCarthy try to take advantage of Cold War hysteria? What strategies did Ike put into play in regard to winning the Cold War?