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The Second Red Scare

The Second Red Scare. I. Causes of the Red Scare. A. Soviet Atomic Weapons. August 1949 USSR detonated their first A-Bomb FEAR!!!!. B. Communist China. Chiang Kai-shek Mao Zedong 1949 Communists win. II. Fighting the Spread of Communism at Home. A. Investigating Communism. HUAC

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The Second Red Scare

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  1. The Second Red Scare

  2. I. Causes of the Red Scare

  3. A. Soviet Atomic Weapons • August 1949 USSR detonated their first A-Bomb • FEAR!!!!

  4. B. Communist China • Chiang Kai-shek • Mao Zedong • 1949 Communists win

  5. II. Fighting the Spread of Communism at Home

  6. A. Investigating Communism • HUAC • Hollywood Ten • Truman’s Loyalty Program

  7. B. Fighting Communists • Smith Act (1940) • McCarran Internal Security Act (1950) • Alger Hiss (1948) • Klaus Fuchs (1950) • Rosenbergs (1951)

  8. C. Senator Joseph McCarthy • Claimed communists in Fed Gov’t • McCarthyism • McCarthy goes too far…

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