Compromise: Right to Remain Silent 1950s Reaction to Fear

Reflection & Connection What were the fears in the 1920s? What was the effect of those fears? New Context: 1950s: Listen to the description of life in the 1950s (Reading from Ch. 25 Preface AH p. 786) Context Reading: How was the atmosphere in America increasingly reflective of tensions overseas in the 1950s? Reflection & Connection

What was the difference between the First Red Scare and the Second? Role of Congress Role of FBI Role of the media What was the difference between the First Red Scare and the Second?

The Threat Had Credence Stalin’s Spies Government sympathizers Growth of US Communist Party in ’20s and ‘30s The Threat Had Credence

But Fear Led to Overreaction HUAC Senate Committee Incentive to name names Remaining silent seemed to imply guilt But Fear Led to Overreaction

Government Reaction: Propaganda How to spot a Communist Note the vague evidence to “recognize a communist” Government Reaction: Propaganda

Beneficiaries of Hysteria Richard Nixon Joseph McCarthy Whittaker Chambers Author Mickey Spillane Describe how and why the figure benefitted from the fear of communism. Beneficiaries of Hysteria

Victims of Hysteria Arthur Miller Hollywood Ten J. Robert Oppenheimer How was each of these a victim? Was the government/Congress justified in targeting the individual or group? Explain. Victims of Hysteria