the second red scare
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The Second Red Scare
The Second Red Scare
I. Causes of the Red Scare
I. Causes of the Red Scare
A. Soviet Atomic Weapons
A. Soviet Atomic Weapons
• August 1949 USSR detonated their first A-Bomb• FEAR!!!!
• August 1949 USSR detonated their first A-Bomb• FEAR!!!!
B. Communist China
B. Communist China
• Chiang Kai-shek• Mao Zedong• 1949
Communists win
• Chiang Kai-shek• Mao Zedong• 1949
Communists win
II. Fighting the Spread of
Communism at Home
II. Fighting the Spread of
Communism at Home
A. Investigating Communism
A. Investigating Communism
• HUAC• Hollywood Ten• Truman’s Loyalty Program
• HUAC• Hollywood Ten• Truman’s Loyalty Program
B. Fighting CommunistsB. Fighting
Communists• Smith Act (1940)• McCarran Internal
Security Act (1950)• Alger Hiss (1948)• Klaus Fuchs (1950)• Rosenbergs (1951)
• Smith Act (1940)• McCarran Internal
Security Act (1950)• Alger Hiss (1948)• Klaus Fuchs (1950)• Rosenbergs (1951)
C. Senator Joseph McCarthy
C. Senator Joseph McCarthy
• Claimed communists in Fed Gov’t• McCarthyism• McCarthy
goes too far…
• Claimed communists in Fed Gov’t• McCarthyism• McCarthy
goes too far…
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