1. The Cold War at Home
Chapter 26 Section 3

2. Fear of Communist Influence
Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and Communist takeover of China fueled worldwide fears of Communism

3. Chinese Civil War -US supported Chiang Kaishek
-Communist leader Mao Tse-tung
Comm. took over, Chiang fled to Formosa (Taiwan)
-Became a partisan struggle in US

5. Soviets explode bomb - 1949 Truman ordered development of H-bomb
•US in 1952, Soviets in 1953
Beginning of atomic arms race b/t USSR & US
Opposition to atomic weapons- destroy world

6. American Communists?
~100,000 Americans claimed membership in the Communist Party

8. Loyalty Review Board Truman set up Federal Employee Loyalty Program
Decided who to dismiss and who keeps job

9. NSC - 68
Why did Truman have to prove that he was tough on communists?

10. Exec Order 8935 Communist marchers in 30s Public Housing Petitions
Gay/lesbian

11. House Un-American Activities Committee
Investigated Communists in the movie industry

13. Hollywood Ten
Sent to prison for not cooperating with HUAC’s investigation

15. Freedom of Speech?

16. Blacklist
A list of people who have been condemned for having a Communist background

17. McCarran Internal Security Act
Unlawful to plan any action that might lead to the establishment of a totalitarian dictatorship in the U.S.

19. Spy Cases
Alger Hiss – perjury
Whitaker Chambers

21. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Accused of giving bomb secrets to the Soviets.
Did they do it?
Eventually executed

24. McCarthy’s “Witch Hunt”
Joseph McCarthy – Republican from Wisconsin who said that Communists were infiltrating the government

26. McCarthyism
Attacks on suspected Communists

28. Army vs. McCarthy
McCarthy was condemned after attacking the U.S. Army

31. Joseph Welch
Fred Fisher
-formerly of Nat’l Lawyer’s Guild

32. Roy Cohn
Private David Schine

33. McCarthy dies from alcoholism