The Cold War Creates Communist Hysteria at Home

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The Cold War Creates Communist Hysteria at Home

I. Two Cases of Catching Communists A. HUAC and the Hollywood Ten

A. The Hollywood Ten Go to Jail

B. Julius & Ethel Rosenberg Are Executed

II. Basic Facts About the Communist Hysteria

A. The Context: Fear of Communism + Atomic Age = Fear of Spies

B. The Key Law/Rule: Workers can be fired if there are “reasonable grounds” to believe they are disloyal to the US govt.

C. Do you have to be a communist to be penalized? No “Fellow travelers” (members of communist organizations, friends of communists, ex-communists) Those who criticize America -- civil rights leaders, homosexuals, etc.

D. A Range of Penalties: Humiliation  Loss of Job  Jail  Execution

III. The Rise and Fall of Joseph McCarthy

A. McCarthy’s Early Life: From Wisconsin to WWII

B. McCarthy’s Anti-Communism: The Wheeling Speech & Wild Accusations

C. McCarthy’s Downfall: Attacking the Army & Alcoholism