1. Bill of Rights Review FIRST Amendment Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Press
Freedom of people to peaceably assemble
Freedom to petition government for a redress of grievances
Fifth Amendment
No person may be compelled to be a witness against himself
Fifth & Sixth Amendments
Trial by Jury

2. The Red Scare and McCarthyism
Events leading the Red Scare
China falls to Communism (1949)
Soviets acquire nuclear bomb (1949)
Revelations about Spies/Espionage
Alger Hiss (accused in 1948)
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (arrested 1950)
Korean War ( )
Climate of fear and paranoia

3. The Red Scare in Full Force
Truman creates Federal Employee Loyalty Program (1947)
House Un-American Activities Committee (1947) and Hollywood Ten
Leads to Hollywood Blacklists
State Loyalty Programs (loyalty oaths)
Truman uses Smith Act to attack Communist Party (1949)

4. I have a list of 205…
of 57…
Of 81…
Enter Joe McCarthy

5. McCarthy’s Rise
Accuses former Sec. of State Acheson of allowing 205 communists in State Dept.
Accuses former Sec. of State George C. Marshall
Eisenhower’s handling of McCarthy?
1954 – McCarthy accuses Army of harboring spies

6. McCarthy’s Downfall Army hearings are televised Scrutiny of McCarthy
Ed Murrow’s broadcast
Murrow’s final response
Censured by Senate (67-22)
Dies of alcoholism in 1957
Watkins v. US (1957)
HUAC can’t force people to name radicals
Watch video: “Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency”
- Joseph Welch (Counsel for Army)
Edward Murrow

7. Discussion Questions
In your opinion, which civil liberties (Bill of Rights) were violated?
How should we balance national security with civil liberties? (What safeguards should be used when trying to expose spies, yet protecting ideals “Innocent until Proven Guilty” and the Bill of Rights?
What lessons would you take from this era?
What should government policy have been toward members of the Communist party?
How can we apply any of these ideas to the War on Terrorism today? Are there any parallels?