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Cold War America

Cold War America. Ch 13.3. Thursday, May 10, 2012. Daily goal: Understand how the fear of Communism changed American Society. Loyalty Review Program. Fear of communist infiltration in the gov’t lead Truman to start a program to screen all federal employees.

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Cold War America

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  1. Cold War America Ch 13.3

  2. Thursday, May 10, 2012 • Daily goal: Understand how the fear of Communism changed American Society.

  3. Loyalty Review Program • Fear of communist infiltration in the gov’t lead Truman to start a program to screen all federal employees.

  4. House Un-American Activities Committee • J. Edgar Hoover created HUAC to investigate suspected Communists in America.

  5. Alger Hiss • was investigated by HUACand was the first major gov’tofficial found guilty of perjury and suspected a Communist. • Confirmed American’s fears of Communist subversion in the gov’t.

  6. The Rosenbergs • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of selling secrets of the Atomic bomb to the Soviets. • The Rosenbergs were sentenced to death with little evidence and became an example of the anti-communist frenzy.

  7. McCarthyism • Senator Joseph McCarthy began a witch hunt and accused people in the gov’t of being Communists. • His tactic of damaging reputations with vague and unfounded charges became know as McCarthyism.

  8. Think About it… • How do you think Americans felt when they learned the Soviet Union had develop their own Atomic Bomb?

  9. Duck and Cover • Students were taught to “Duck and cover” in the event of a Nuclear blast. • The deadly radiation left over after a Nuclear blast was called fallout. • Americans were taught to hide in Fallout Sheltersto escape nuclear fallout.

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