1. The Cold War and American Society Pgs. 546 – 553
Chapter 15.3
The Cold War and American Society
Pgs. 546 – 553

2. A New Red Scare Red Scare – people feared communism
Evidence showed USSR’s efforts
The Loyalty Review Program
Screened federal employees
How can you tell if someone is loyal/disloyal?
212 people fired

3. Cont. HUAC Looking for communists & sympathizers Hollywood on Trial
Reagan says communists in Hollywood
The Hollywood 10
Alger Hiss
Worked in State Department – accused of spying
“Pumpkin Papers” & perjury

4. Cont. HUAC (Cont.) The Rosenbergs Project Verona
Accused of selling atomic secrets
Found guilty on “sketchy” evidence
Executed in 1953
Did they really do it?
Project Verona
We had cracked the Soviet code
Evidence proved theirs and others guilt
Revealed in 1995; 4 years after the USSR collapsed

5. Cont. The Red Scare Spreads State & local gov. follows the feds lead
The University of California
Taft Hartley & Unions

6. McCarthyism Joseph McCarthy The McCarran Act
Are we losing the Cold War: Bombs, China, Spies
A nobody makes a wild claim
Accusations against George Marshall
The McCarran Act
Illegal to act to help overthrow the government
Communists targeted & forced into the open
Veto, override & the Supreme Court

7. Cont. McCarthy’s Tactics McCarthy’s Downfall
Made accusations on little evidence
Bullied witnesses to “prove” his case
McCarthy’s Downfall
And then he goes after the Army
He did this on television
“Have you no sense of decency?”
Senate censured him, he died in 1957

8. Life During the Early Cold War
Facing the Bomb
How do you survive a nuclear attack?
Hydrogen bombs by 1953
School drills – “Duck & Cover”
Civil Defense & fallout shelters