Ch 12 Sec. 4 The Cold War at Home EQ – How did fear of domestic Communism affect American society during the Cold War?
Worrying about Communists at Home Smith Act Illegal to teach or advocate for the violent over throw of government. HUAC – House on Un-American Actives Committee Hollywood Ten Refused to answer questions Cited for contempt - went to prison for a year Blacklisted – could not get jobs
Hollywood Ten Alvah Bessie Herbert J. Biberman Lester Cole Edward Dmytryk Ring Lardner, Jr. John Howard Lawson Albert Maltz Samuel Ornitz Adrian Scott Dalton Trumbo Hollywood Ten
Spy Cases Worry Americans Alger Hiss Accused of espionage by Whittaker Chambers, a former spy. Said Hiss gave him confidential gov’t docs. He was tied for perjury – spent 5 years in prison The Rosenberg's Charged with “conspiring to pass secret information about nuclear science” to the USSR Case was based largely off the word of a confessed spy. Executed by electrocution in 1953
McCarthyism Senator from Wisconsin 1950 Accused State Department with being “Infused with communists” List of 250 employees who were communists Caused Second Red Scare Set of a series of reckless and baseless accusations about “communist sympathizers” Fell out f power in 1954 – went after the US Army.