1. Unit 6: The Cold War
AH.HI.G25 Notes

2. Content Statement 25
The Second Red Scare and McCarthyism reflected Cold War fears in American society.

3. Fear of Communism in U.S.
The actions of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe and the spread of communism in Asia sparked fears among many Americans.
The Second Red Scare focused on the following:
Media
Labor unions
Universities and other communist education centers

4. Loyalty Review Board
fired federal employees for having been associated with a “subversive” group

6. HUAC Believed communists were sneaking propaganda in films
Anyone who did not speak was considered guilty
Prompted employers to blacklist suspected communists
Mainly concerned with actors and writers

10. Spy Trials There was a fear of communists in the government
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for supposedly sending atomic weapon plans to Soviet Union
First Americans executed for espionage (spying)

11. Alger Hiss Former state department official accused of being communist
Convicted of perjury

12. McCarthyism
practice of advancing one’s political career by making unproven accusations of disloyalty
Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy began accusing government officials of communism
Claimed 205 communists in state department

13. McCarthyism Generally accused democrats
Focused public resentment toward rich
McCarthy hearings and HUAC investigations held the attention of the American public through the 1950s