1. Communism at Home
Unit 4
Lesson 10

2. Objectives
Describe government efforts to investigate the loyalty of US citizens.
Explain the spy cases of Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Identify Senator Joseph McCarthy and explain his role in the anticommunist crusade.

3. Warm Up
Identify US policy to combat communism abroad and give an example of the policy in action.
Containment – Truman Doctrine (Greece/Turkey), Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift, NATO

4. Review Cold War Weapons Struggle between US & USSR
Political, Economic, Military, Civil Rights
Weapons
Unconventional “Warfare”
Propaganda, Diplomacy, Science, Finance, Espionage, Subversion

5. Communism in the US Depression WW2 Cold War
Failed econ system = growth in communist party
WW2
Econ fix = #’s decline
Cold War
Fear Communist expansion and subversion

6. Second Red Scare March 1947 Federal Employee Loyalty Program Smith Act
Loyalty Review Board
Smith Act
Clear and Present Danger, can’t be taught
McCarren Act
Registration w/Dept Justice

7. House Un-American Activities Committee
May 1938
Investigate disloyalty, labor unrest, pre-WW2
1947
Investigates Communist influence in Hollywood
Hollywood Ten
Hollywood Blacklists
See “The Majestic”

8. Spy Cases: Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers accuses Hiss of spying for USSR in 30’s
Guilty of perjury (lied about documents) not espionage... 4 yrs in jail
1990’s Soviet info proves?

9. Spy Cases: The Rosenberg’s
1950
Ethel and Julius accused of supplying USSR with A-Bomb secrets
Plead 5th…Jewish, radical witch hunt
July 19, st citizens executed for espionage

10. Other Cool Spy Stuff WHY SPY? TOOLS:
Gather info, destabilize govts, assassinations
TOOLS:
Surveillance satellites, planes
Silencers, invisible ink, bugs, wires
False cigs, poison-tip umbrella, suicide weapons

11. Modern Day Espionage
1994
Aldrich Ames
2001
Robert Hanssen

12. Joseph McCarthy (R Senator Wis)
Re-election tactic: Communists taking over US government!
Feb 1950 “List”
Communists in State Dept!
1954 – US Army
Ike investigates
TV Senate Hearings expose/discredit “Witchhunt”
Dies alcoholism 57

13. Impact of McCarthyism Fear and suspicion End free-speech
Loyalty investigations and oaths
Deportations
Weakened labor unions
Ended careers
Public Asst ($) Withheld

14. Activity Herbert Block Political Cartoons
Coined “McCarthyism” March 29,1950
Critical cartoons 4 yrs

15. “Fire!”

16. “Stand Fast…They’re Armed!”

17. “Secret”

18. “You Read, Eh?”

19. “Freedom- From-Fear”

20. “Hunting Communists”

21. “Evidence”

22. “In My Hand”

23. Closure
What role do you think Herbert Block played in discrediting Joseph McCarthy and bringing an end to McCarthyism?
Was Joseph McCarthy on to something?
“Red Scare Revisited”