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U.S. History

Tuesday February 17, 2009

Mr. Weber

+Activator: McCarthy Tapes

+Agenda

Activator, agenda, and objective (10 minutes)

Origins of the Cold War according to Great Britain reading test (10 minutes)

WWII: A People’s War? Challenge questions (15 minutes)

Domestic communism: McCarthy trials reading (20 minutes)

Exit ticket

+Objective

All of you will… Examine the origins of the Cold War, focusing on the

consequences at home including: McCarthyism, domestic communism, and blacklisting.

+Origins of Cold War according to Great Britain Reading Test

1. What happened at Potsdam in 1945?

2. Why is Greece important?

3. What did the Truman Doctrine announce?

4. What happened in Berlin?

5. What war did Britain fight with the U.S. between 1950-1953?

+ WWII: A People’s War?

1. What role did Howard Zinn play in the war effort in 1940 and in 1943?

2. What made Zinn angry about the Queen Mary ship?

3. In whose interests does Zinn claim the war was really fought? What evidence and supporting examples does he provide?

4. Why does Zinn suggest WWII may have been launched on the “quicksand of public deception?”

5. How were blood banks started

6. What was the consequence of executive order 9066

7. What natural resource does Zinn claim the U.S. laid hold of in making its empire during WWII

8. Who benefitted most from military contracts

9. How did Zinn feel about his role in the bombings

10. Why did Truman drop the atomic bomb?

+Cold War Paranoia at Home

Cold War created paranoia about domestic communism and potential Soviet spies.

Led to blacklisting of suspected radicals, including: People in government. Teachers and professors. People in newspapers, media, and Hollywood.

+Domestic Communism

Alger Hiss

State department official involved in creating the United Nations (UN).

Accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948 and convicted of perjury (1950)

Testified before HUAC

Mistrial then found guilty

Still controversial

Filed defamation suit

+The Hollywood Ten

Protesters oppose the jailing of the Hollywood Ten in 1950

Screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians

Blacklisted for either belonging to, or sympathizing with, the American Communist Party.

Ruined careers and created climate of censorship in the industry.

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Were domestic communists un-American?

+HUAC Reading

As you read, take detailed notes.

Be looking for specific evidence to support your post-debate writing on the question of whether communists were un-American.

+Exit Ticket and Homework

Finish the HUAC reading packet on domestic communism.

Research either the Hollywood Ten or Alger Hiss and write down notes to report to the class.

Cite where you found your information.

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