The Red Scare 1948-1954

Main Causes for widespread hysteria…. Communist Activity in the United States Hatred created by WWII propaganda needed a new target Cold War Happenings McCarthy’s Wheeling, WV speech

The Red Scare was MUCH Bigger than Joseph McCarthy… It began in 1945….. McCarthy wasn’t elected ‘til 1947 He didn’t begin investigating until 1950…………

Number of FBI Agents 1946 3,559 1952 7,029

                                                            

October 31, 1947

August 13, 1951 Herblock Washington Post

May 8, 1950 Herblock Washington Post

Elizabeth Gurley Brown Co-founder of ACLU

The Red Scare invades Washington State: The Canwell Committee

ert Albert Canwell and Committee, 1948

George Hewitt, Ex-Communist named UW profs for practicing communism

David Greenglass, Ethel Rosenberg’s brother and communist spy

Executed as Spies

August 11, 1954 Herblock Washington Post

April 24, 1949 Washington Post Herb Block

June 17, 1949 Herb Block Washington Post

This is the first time The term “McCarthyism” Was used. March 29, 1950 Herb Block Washington Post

Army-McCarthy Hearings, 1954

Public Opinion on McCarthy: 1954 Month Positive Negative January 50% 29% June 34% 45%

You May Think He’s Gone…

His Ugly Legacy Lives On……