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COMMUNISM AT HOME. WARM UP # 14 What is McCarthyism? What conceptions existed that allowed it to happen? Could it happen again in this day in age?

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1 COMMUNISM AT HOME

2 WARM UP # 14 What is McCarthyism? What conceptions existed that allowed it to happen? Could it happen again in this day in age?

3 BACKGROUND HUAC – House Un-American Activities Committee  Investigative committee in US House  Created in 1938  Investigate disloyal Americans having communist ties

4 STATIONS There are five stations set up around the classroom, at each station you will:  Work with your group to read through and analyze the documents  Please spend the first five minutes doing this, do not write anything down at this point – just read and discuss  You will then have five minutes to write down the key details and answering the two question columns on the right

5 ANALYSIS What evidence supports America being a truly dangerous place during the Cold War? What evidence supports America being a place of unfounded paranoia during the Cold War? Do you think a few instances of truly dangerous action are enough for the government to clamp down on individual’s personal freedoms? Why or why not?

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