1. Aim: How did the Cold War affect life on the home front?
Do Now:
a) Answer the following question on your worksheet: How have concerns over terrorism affected life in the United States today? Give some specific example!!!!

2. Do Now:
How have concerns over terrorism affected life in the United States today? Give some specific example!!!!

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4. Looking for Communists is America
HUAC – House Unamerican Activities Committee was established to investigate communist threats to the United States.
• Publicized probe of the movie industry
• Blacklisted actors, writers, and directors who were suspected of supporting communist ideas.

6. President Harry Truman uses Loyalty Review Board to conduct security checks on government employees.

7. • Robert Oppenheimer voiced opposition to the United States creating the Hydrogen Bomb.
• Oppenheimer was determined a “loyal citizen” but was barred from future government research.

8. McCarran Internal Security Act limited the actions of those considered threats to security.
• Restricted immigration from communist dominated nations
• Harry Truman vetoed the bill in 1950, but his veto was overturned by Congress

9. – President Harry Truman 1950 –
“In a free country, we punish men for the crimes they commit, but never for the opinions they hold.”
– President Harry Truman 1950 –

10. Spy Cases Stun The Nation
Alger Hiss was the former advisor to FDR and was charged with being a communist spy.
• The conviction justified communist fears and reinforced beliefs that FDR and Truman were not alert to the dangers of communism.

11. Spy Cases Stun The Nation
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg charged with giving atomic secrets to the Soviets during WWII.
• Convicted of Espionage and executed in 1953

12. McCarthyism
Joseph McCarthy was Wisconsin Senator, who led a communist hunt through the United States during the 1950s.
•Made bold accusations without evidence and ruined peoples’ reputations and careers.

13. McCarthy’s Fall “conduct unbecoming a member”
Challenged the U.S. army in 1954 televised investigations
Lost public support and was viewed as a Bully

14. Sum it Up