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Writing Warm Up 2/25 Is it okay to restrict civil liberties like freedom of speech or freedom of press during a time of war? Why or why not?

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1 Writing Warm Up 2/25 Is it okay to restrict civil liberties like freedom of speech or freedom of press during a time of war? Why or why not?

2 McCarthyism AIM: How were civil liberties sacrificed for security during the Red Scare?

3 McCarthyism Making accusations of communist (commie) disloyalty with slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence. Accused 205 State Department Employees of being communists in 1950 at a speech in Wheeling Virginia Investigated more than 100 people as a senator.

4 Herbert Block Political Cartoonist for the Washington Post.
Created the term “McCarthyism” to criticize McCarthy’s tactics.

5 Herb Block Cartoon Analysis

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