1. Witchhunt or Red Menace
Bellringer: overview article
Cold War at Home
Witchhunt or Red Menace

2. Vocabulary HUAC Hollywood Ten Blacklist Alger Hiss
5. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
6. Joseph Mccarthy
7. McCarthyism

3. American Defense against Communism
Read pg 823
What was the Loyalty Review Board? Who started it?
What was their responsibility?
What was the House Un-American Activities Committee?
What is the most significant thing they were involved in?

4. How to spot a Communist How to Spot a Communist (1:04)
Make Mine Freedom (9:27)

5. Fear of Communism Influence
Article: Background
Big Question: What constitutes an “un-American activity?
**Activity: #1 “Un-American”
Read the excerpt. Highlight/Underline the government’s definition
Fill out bottom of sheet with the people in your group.

6. The Hollywood 10 READ: pg 823-824
What was different about the Hollywood 10 than the other Hollywood witnesses Congress investigated?
Who were the Hollywood 10 and what happened to them?
What was the McCarran Act?
-Did Congress have the right to pass this act?

7. HUAC vs Hollywood Activity 2
Walt Disney/Ronald Reagan:
Eric Johnston: :
John Howard Lawson’s:
Jack Warner: :
Ayn Rand:
Louis B. Mayer:

8. Spy Cases in America
On the Hunt for Spies

9. Alger Hiss
READ
Don’t know Much About History: What were the Pumpkin Papers?
Forms Quiz over the Reading

10. The Rosenbergs READ: Don’t Know much about History
Why were the Rosenbergs executed for espionage?

11. News footage Rosenberg Execution Coverage:

12. McCarthyism READ pg 826-827 McCarthy Launches His “Witch Hunt”
Why was McCarthy so interested in charging that communism was taking over the government?
What does McCarthyism refer to? Give 2 examples of people that were accused by McCarthy.
What finally brought McCarthyism down? What happened to McCarthy?
Give 3 examples of others besides McCarthy taking anti communist measures.
Discussion: Do we participate in these activities today? Why are these activities so dangerous?

13. Living on the Edge

14. Vocabulary H-bomb Brinkmanship Central Intelligence Agency Warsaw Pact
Baby Boom
6. Space Race
7. Sputnik
8. Suburb
9. Beatnik
10. Levittown

15. Timeline of Important Events
Nov. 1, 1952: First thermonuclear bomb (H-bomb) is detonated by U.S.50
1952: Brinkmanship policy is adopted
1953 CIA ousts the leader of Iran and replaces with Western Ally
1954 CIA takes covert action in Guatemala. Ousted leader replaced by U.S. backed military leader who turns into dictator.
1955: Warsaw Pact signed, Geneva Summit with Soviet leaders
1957: Space Race begins (Sputnik)

16. Living on the Edge Pg 828 One American’s Story
What was a direct result of the Cold War?

17. Duck and Cover What do you do if an atomic bomb explodes close to you?

18. Space Race

19. Sputnik “Little Companion” launched Oct 4, 1957
It was unexpected and a work of propaganda genius
It passed over the most populous areas on Earth and could sometimes be seen with binoculars.
Sputnik II was even worse. Bigger and carried a dog, Laika (“barker”)

20. America Reaction Paranoia
Fear that Soviets could develop intercontinental ballistic missiles. Power shifted.
Science fiction writings went from fun to very dark. (1984, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451) Movies: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Education System
We were behind in the space race because the American Education System was falling down Why? “Progressive education”
Education system totally overhauled. Have to go “back to basics”
Math, science and rocketry became patriotic education. Federal gov’t gave lots of financial aid.
Kennedy’s Oval office tapes reveal he wanted to go to the moon mostly to show the superiority of America. He and others thought the moon might be able to hold missile launching site that could be aimed at the Soviet Union.

21. Suburban Culture, Youth Culture, Counterculture
1950s Culture
Suburban Culture, Youth Culture, Counterculture

22. Suburban Culture
Readily available funds, saved during WW2, lead to a stronger, larger middle class and a new wave of consumerism.
Pg 841 Housing Crisis; pg 849 Suburban Lifestyle
What is a Levittown? Why did Americans want to live in suburbs? What made it possible?
Pg 850 Baby Boom
What were the 5 factors that helped create the baby boom?
People had cash to spend in the 1950s. It came from savings because of rationing, and the turning in of gov’t bonds.

23. Behavioral Rules of the 1950s:
Teen Culture
Behavioral Rules of the 1950s:
Obey Authority.
Control Your Emotions.
Don’t Make Waves → Fit in with the Group.
Don’t Even Think About Sex!!!
Optional: Top 10 songs of the 1950s

24. Rock N Roll Optional: Top 10 songs of the 1950s
Elvis Presley “King of Rock N Roll”
Chuck Berry: Johnny B Goode, Maybellene
Johnny Cash: The Man in Black
Little Richard: Tutti Frutt
Jerry Lee Lewis: “Great Balls of Fire”

25. Subculture Pg 861 The Beat Movement What was the Beat movement?
What were the characteristics of the beatniks?
What were the reactions of most mainstream Americans to beatniks?