1. What happens during the “Red Scare”?
Communists in America
What happens during the “Red Scare”?

2. House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 1947
Late 40s Red Scare
Republicans claim Truman was soft on Communism, claim communists may have infiltrated govt
Truman sets up Loyalty Review Board to investigate “disloyal” govt employees, 3.2 million employees dismissed
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 1947
HUAC investigated non-government industries, wants people in Hollywood film industry to testify (Hollywood unions comply)
Hollywood Ten were entertainers who refused to testify, some sent to prison others “blacklisted” from Hollywood

3. HUAC Political Cartoon
1. Identify people & objects
2. Identify actions & words
3. Identify symbols
4. What point is cartoonist trying to make about HUAC?

4. Hiss claimed innocence, sent to prison for perjury (10yrs)
Alger Hiss Case
Hiss (US diplomat) accused of spying for the Soviet Union, prosecuted HUAC
Hiss claimed innocence, sent to prison for perjury (10yrs)
Ethel & Julius Rosenberg
Suspected in helping the Soviets develop their atomic bomb
Denied guilt, but plead the 5th about being communists, found guilty & executed

5. McCarthyism
Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy begins his own televised investigation of Communists in America
McCarthy claims he has evidence of communists in gov & media
CBS news reporter Ed Murrow goes after McCarthy (states McCarthy has weak evidence)
McCarthy loses support of Eisenhower & public
After being censured by the Senate, he dies 3 years later