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1 “How did the Cold War effect Americans at home? ”
Unit 7 Essay 2 “How did the Cold War effect Americans at home? ”

2 The 2nd Red Scare “The Great Fear of COMMUNISM”

3 I. Effect: Americans must prepare for a NUCLEAR war 
Building bomb shelters Air raid drills – “duck and cover” drills at schools Stocking up food & water for surviving a nuclear attack EMOTIONAL effect: ANXIETY about the FUTURE: will we SURVIVE ? Where do we see this ANXIETY expressed in society/culture? LITERATURE, TV, FILMS LIKE “THE INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS”

4 II. EFFECT: Communism will INFILTRATE & SUBVERT America from within
Americans worry about SUBVERSION (“to destroy ideas or principles and to replace them with others… to overthrow the government”) Comm. Party of USA MEMBERSHIP is growing Espionage (SPYING) within the US government Govt takes Steps to stop this:

5 List of Terms/Vocabulary/People
2nd Red Scare Americans preparation for Nuclear War Infiltration/Subversion Loyalty Review Board McCarren Act McCarthyism Demagogue HUAC Richard Nixon Alger Hiss / The Rosenberg's Hollywood 10 Blacklisted “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”—TV, Literature, Movies, Etc.

6 The 2nd Red Scare “The Great Fear of COMMUNISM”
Why ? Pg Cold War at Home (2nd Red Scare) I. Fear of Communist Influence II. III. VI. IV. V.

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