Fear of Communism

Throughout the Cold War, and especially in the 1950’s, Americans feared that there were communist agents among them Loyalty review boards were established to investigate the loyalty of federal employees Membership in one of 91 “subversive” organizations made someone's loyalty questionable The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) focused on media and Hollywood In order to be considered a “friendly” witness, those called had to confirm the presence of communists Those that did not were suspected of being friendly to communists The Hollywood Ten were ten witnesses that refused to testify and were sent to prison A blacklist was implemented in Hollywood People suspected of having communist sympathies were blacklisted Anybody hiring or working with somebody that had been blacklisted was also suspected of communist sympathies Senator Joseph McCarthy was the most famous anti-communist crusader Regularly called people to give testimony on communism Anybody who would not accuse others of communism was automatically assumed to be a communist Made many accusations about communist, offered no proof When he went after the U.S. Army, he was discredited

Jigsaw, Step 1 Guiding Question: How did Americans respond to the danger of communism? Write a short summary of what your source can tell you about the guiding question Identify the in-text citation for your primary source In-text citations should be the last name of the author in parenthesis Example: (Collins) If there is no author, put the title in parenthesis and quotations Example: (“The Hunger Games”) If you have multiple works from the same author, put the last name of the author and the title Example: (Collins, “The Hunger Games”) and (Collins, “Catching Fire”)

Jigsaw, Step 2 Guiding Question: How did Americans respond to the danger of communism? Work in your first group to come up with AT LEAST two main ideas to help answer the guiding question Main ideas should represent your own analysis and thinking Main ideas should be backed up by DETAILED facts from the source Make sure you all have the same in-text citation

Jigsaw, Step 3 Guiding Question: How did Americans respond to the danger of communism? First, share your main ideas Next, as a group pick the three best main ideas The should be the most logical and fact based If possible, these should be three main ideas that work well together Everybody fill in the outline on the back of their source page Put the detailed evidence that backs up each main idea as facts, and include an in-text citation Work together on a thesis once you have all of the main ideas done