1. Chapter 18 Section 3 The Cold War at Home

2. Brainstorm? Have you ever been in a situation where you were presumed guilty until you proved your innocence? How did you feel? Did you learn anything from it? President Bush and phone wire taps?

3. Objectives Describe government efforts to investigate the loyalty of U.S. citizens? Explain the spy cases of Alger Hiss & Julius & Ethel Rosenberg Describe the efforts of Senator Joseph McCarthy to investigate alleged Communist influence in the United States

4. Fear of Communist Influence Satellite Nations/China/Soviet Bomb/Korea Loyalty pledges/teachers/wrestlers/etc During the depression & WWII 100K Americans in the Communist Party Truman & Federal Employee Loyalty Program: investigate government employees and dismiss those who are disloyal (91 subversive organizations)

5. Fear of Communist Influence 1947-1951 3.2M employees investigated/212 dismissed/2900 resign The House Un-American Activities Committee: Inside & outside of U.S./movie industry/Hollywood Ten sent to prison Blacklists McCarran Internal Security Act: unlawful to try to insert totalitarian in the U.S.

6. Spy Cases Stun the Nation Alger Hiss: State Dept official/Chambers a Communist spy accused Hiss/ Years passed to charge Hiss w/espionage/jailed for perjury Rosenbergs: Fuchs handed Soviets bomb info and Rosenbergs implicated/ Jewish & minor activists in Am. Commie Party Killed in the electric chair

7. McCarthyism Republican Senator from Wisconsin/blame Democrats unsuccessful/needed an issue to reelect Accuse people w/o evidence 57,81,205 Communists in State Dept. Always on the Senate floor/slander 1954 accused a general Zwicker/protected by Joseph Welch