3.6.19 U.S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: 1820 - The Missouri Compromise was enacted by the U.S. Congress and signed by U.S. President James Monroe. 1836 - The thirteen-day siege of the Alamo by Santa Anna and his army ended. The Mexican army of three thousand men defeated the 189 Texas volunteers. 1857 - The U.S. Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision ruled that blacks could not sue in federal court to be citizens. 1944 - During World War II, U.S. heavy bombers began the first American raid on Berlin. 1960 - The United States announced that it would send 3,500 troops to Vietnam. 1967 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announced his plan to establish a draft lottery. 1980 - Islamic militants in Tehran said that they would turn over American hostages to the Revolutionary Council BELL WORK: #15 PICK-UP THE COLD WAR AT HOME. COMPLETE ACTIVE READING: 1. READ PASSAGE. 2. UNDERLINE IMPORTANT INFORMATION/TERMS/ NAMES. 3. CIRCLE UNFAMILIAR INFORMATION/TERMS/ NAMES. 4. ASK QUESTIONS IN MARGINS, SPACE BELOW OR BACK ABOUT CIRCLED ITEMS. AGENDA: (36:40) DISCUSS McCARTHYISM. COMPLETE & DISCUSS SECOND RED SCARE DBQ. COMPLETE EXIT TICKET. MR. BETTS & McCARTHYISM. HOMEWORK: VIDEO 6.4 & CORNELL NOTES. UNIT 6 VOCABULARY

Exit Ticket/Objective 6.3 Assessment During the 1950s America experienced a rising fear of the spread of (1)______, it was referred to as the (2)_____. The U.S. government established new agencies and committees to combat and investigate this fear. They included the (3)_____ and the (4)_____, which targeted America’s movie industry in Hollywood in its fight against communism. In one of the most famous events of this time (5)_____, a group of Hollywood writers and actors, refused to testify before the committee and instead were sent to jail. By the time the committee hearings were over more than 500 people involved in the movie business in Hollywood were (6)____, which meant they could not be employed and their careers were destroyed.

Exit Ticket/Objective 6.3 Assessment The nation also witnessed several sensational spy cases. One case involved (7)_____ who was accused of spying for the Soviets in 1948, eventually he was found guilty of perjury and sent to jail. In the other case the (8) _____ were found guilty of passing atomic secrets to the (9)____ and were executed for their crimes. Meanwhile, (10)_____, a Senator from Wisconsin, was making claims that (11)____ were taking over the government. He accused people of being communists without providing any (12)____ or proof that this was true. As a result, the tactic of using unsupported attacks against people became known as (13)_____. He would soon be discredited himself after he launched unsupported attacks against the (14)_____.

Exit Ticket/Objective 6.3 Assessment Based on what you have learned, was America’s fear of communism justified? Be sure to provide: C (claim, restate question with opinion) E (two pieces of supporting evidence) R (reasoning, explain evidence)