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The Red Scare 1948-1954. Main Causes for widespread hysteria…. Communist Activity in the United States Hatred created by WWII propaganda needed a new.

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1 The Red Scare 1948-1954

2 Main Causes for widespread hysteria…. Communist Activity in the United States Hatred created by WWII propaganda needed a new target Cold War Happenings McCarthy’s Wheeling, WV speech

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6 The Red Scare was MUCH Bigger than Joseph McCarthy… It began in 1945….. McCarthy wasn’t elected ‘til 1947 He didn’t begin investigating until 1950…………

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9 19463,559 19527,029 Number of FBI Agents

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15 October 31, 1947

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24 August 13, 1951 Herblock Washington Post

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26 May 8, 1950 Herblock Washington Post

27 Elizabeth Gurley Brown Co-founder of ACLU

28 The Red Scare invades Washington State: The Canwell Committee

29 ert ert Albert Canwell and Committee, 1948

30 George Hewitt, Ex-Communist named UW profs for practicing communism

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40 David Greenglass, Ethel Rosenberg’s brother and communist spy

41 Executed as Spies

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46 August 11, 1954 Herblock Washington Post

47 April 24, 1949 Washington Post Herb Block

48 June 17, 1949 Herb Block Washington Post

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50 March 29, 1950 Herb Block Washington Post This is the first time The term “McCarthyism” Was used.

51 Army-McCarthy Hearings, 1954

52 Public Opinion on McCarthy: 1954 MonthPositiveNegative January50%29% June34%45%

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54 You May Think He’s Gone…

55 His Ugly Legacy Lives On……

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