McCarthy and the Cold War at home SWBAT: -experience the anti-Communist hysteria and suspicion of the McCarthy era during the 1950s by participating in an activity which creates suspicion of one another. -describe how Americans turned on each other accusing people of being Communists or communist sympathizers by reading and analyzing pictures, political cartoons and readings of the time period.

Directions for simulation Fear of communists amongst us!!! Pick one piece of paper ----DO NOT SHOW ANYONE YOUR PIECE OF PAPER!!! If you show, we will stop and there will be NO X.C. –Look at without showing anyone else. If you have a pink dot on your paper, DO NOT TELL anyone… you are trying to be the only pink dot in a group. If you DO NOT have a pink dot on your paper then you will be trying to create a group without pink dots!!! Pink dots represent….? Extra Credit for the only pink dot in a group, and for groups with NO pink dots!! –Remember, it is a simulation and in real life you would not have a piece of paper to show!!!

Wednesday 4/1 R.A.P.— –How did you feel when you discovered you had a blank piece of paper? A dot? –For those who had dots, how did you convince others you were NOT a “dot”? –For those who were accused of being a “dot,” how did you feel? What made you fearful or suspicious? –What emotions fueled this activity? Can you think of any time in history when something like this occurred?

Title your Notes Cold War at Home Ch McCarthyism Please open your textbook to page 640. Read pages –What do you believe caused anticommunist sentiment? Read the following pages –And take notes on certain activities, people, terms, and events.

The Hunt for Communists As you read please take notes on the following: –House Un-American Activities Committee or HUAC. –American Communist Party –Case of Alger Hiss Who? What? –Role of Whittaker Chambers –Proof in a Pumpkin Patch –Truman joins the Red Hunt McCarran Act –Seeking U.S. Secrets Hollywood Ten

Thursday 4/2 RAP –What was the HUAC? Were they justified in their fear? –Why or why not? Today: Review Ch Read and answer questions for 19.3 Eisenhower. DUE Friday!

Cold War at Home House Un-American Activities Committee- formed in 1938 as an anti- Communist organization. (McCarthy was a member) –“Hollywood Ten” HUAC and the Hollywood Ten (5:32)

Anti-communism as a political weapon 1946—Republican National Committee claimed the Democrats were “soft on communism.” FDR’s New Deal was “pink” “creeping socialism”

SPIES AT HOME 1949, Alger Hiss, state department employee— convicted of espionage. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg — convicted of treason and executed in Alger Hiss and the Rosenberg's (2:28)Alger Hiss and the Rosenberg's McCarran Act – in 1950 Congress passes this law making it illegal for Americans to engage in activities that would create a Communist government. –Truman vetoed the bill, “in a free country, we punish men for crimes they commit, but never for the opinions they hold.” –Congress easily overrode the veto.

Anti-Communist Sentiment in American Society “Red Menace” Political Discourse –Truman’s health care shot down Lawmaking Education Film Industry— ”Hollywood Ten” –Page 648

McCarthyism Senator Joseph McCarthy Birth of McCarthyism–referred to the use of intimidation and often unfounded accusations in the name of fighting communism. Beginning--list of 205 state department employees who McCarthy claimed were communists. –Accusation dwindled to “a lot”

End of McCarthyism McCarthy attacks U.S. Army McCarthyism (5:33) Communist Party membership never gained a foothold in the U.S. In 1954, the Senate voted to condemn McCarthy. Died in 1957

Student Response Please select a proverb that reflects an important lesson from the McCarthy era and write it on a blank sheet of notebook paper. (Keep it in your notebook) Below the proverb create a drawing of the proverb and then label parts of the drawing with appropriate historical comparisons. –“Look before you leap!” –“People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” –“You can’t judge a book by its cover.” For extra points you can present your proverb to the class. Keep it in your notebook for note check.

Please read: The Eisenhower Years- Ch. 19.3: pages Objective: Understand President Eisenhower’s accomplishments as President during the Cold War. Describe the similarities and differences of Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy. Explain how Kennedy was able to win the 1960 election. Read pages and take notes on the following. 1.Make a list giving examples of why people liked and trusted Eisenhower. 2.Make a list describing his accomplishments as President of the U.S. 3.This is not in the reading, but where do you think Eisenhower got the idea of the interstate highway system? 4.Describe the similarities and differences of John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon during the 1960s election. 5.Explain how television changed the Presidential campaign. When you are finished please study for the Cold War test on Friday. Chapters 17 and 19.