Phones up! Notes Out February 4th, 2019

McCarthyism

Joseph McCarthy Wisconsin Senator Adamant there were communist spies in the government McCarthyism Campaign against potential communist spies in America that led to people being investigated and blacklisted Not just in government, but celebrities and members of Hollywood too (producers, writers, directors, etc) “Hollywood Ten” Why? What impact do they have on society?

What are these spies after? TECHNOLOGY Atomic bomb blueprints Scientific innovations Sputnik, first satellite ever, made by USSR, 1957 This put American citizens off guard! We created NASA to combat the Soviets, but are they beating us in the space race?

HUAC (House of Un-American Activities Committee) A committee of the U.S. House of Representatives that investigated allegations of communist activity in the U.S. during the early years of the Cold War Called citizens to testify in high-profile hearings before Congress Was an intimidating atmosphere, often produced dramatic but questionable revelations about Communists infiltrating American institutions and well- known citizens HUAC’s controversial tactics contributed to the fear, distrust and repression that existed during the anticommunist hysteria of the 1950s

Second Red Scare Activity: HUAC Committee You will be given the name of a potential spy. It is on you to determine whether or not they truly are a communist spy. Using the chromebooks, create a profile (google doc) of your person including the following information: Image of the person Who are they? What do they do for a living? What is the evidence for them being a spy? What is the evidence against them being a spy? Final report. State in complete sentences whether you think they are a spy or not and WHY. Pull from the information you researched.

Lena Horne Arthur Miller Jean Muir Judy Holliday Orson Welles Charlie Chaplin John Garfield Gypsy Rose Lee Langston Hughes Helen Keller Dorothy Parker Herbert Biberman Alger Hiss Pete Seeger George Marshall Artie Shaw Dalton Trumbo

Happy Tuesday! Have your spy profile open

You have 5 minutes to finish your activity

Discuss the following with your pod Share your final report with your group, then talk about the following questions. What are some similarities with the people you investigated? Were your verdicts similar?

The Venona Papers The Venona Papers were a set of documents that America intercepted that had codes (which translated to the names of the Americans) who were spying for the Soviet Union. These documents spanned from 1948 to the 1980s. How could this have heightened the tension between the US and the Soviet Union?

The Rosenbergs This couple is famous for being the first US citizens convicted and executed of espionage They never admitted any wrong doing Some people felt that they were the victims of the mass hysteria, and that the punishment was too cruel The venona papers confirmed that the Rosenbergs were spies

Exit Ticket - Paragraph Writing After learning about the Cold War, McCarthyism, the HUAC, the venona papers, and after doing your research on a potential spy in the 1950s, do you believe that the Red Scare was justified, or just a mass hysteria? Why or why not? Answer in complete sentences, using your notes as evidence. Needs to be a paragraph (half a page)!