Chapter Intro 3 The Cold War and American Society How did the Cold War change Americans’ lives?
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Transcript of Chapter Intro 3 The Cold War and American Society How did the Cold War change Americans’ lives?
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Chapter Intro 3
The Cold War and American Society
How did the Cold War change Americans’ lives?
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Section 3-Main Idea
Big Ideas
Struggles for Rights In the early part of the Cold War, the fear of communism led to a hunt for spies and to intolerance and suspicion of people with radical ideas in the United States.
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Section 3
A New Scare
Public accusations and trials followed in the wake of fears of communism and spies.
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Section 3
• The Red Scare began in September 1945 when Igor Gouzenko revealed a massive effort by the Soviet Union to infiltrate organizations and government agencies in Canada and the United States, with the goal of obtaining information about the atomic bomb.
• However, the search for spies escalated into a general fear of Communist subversion.
A New Scare (cont.)
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Section 3
• The FBI arrested Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg and charged them with heading a Soviet spy ring.
A New Scare (cont.)
− They were executed for espionage in 1953.
• Soviet quick development of atomic bomb in 1949 shocks most Americans.
• Project Verona would later confirmed extensive Soviet spying and an ongoing effort to steal nuclear weapons.
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Section 3
• In early 1947, the president established a loyalty review program, to screen federal employees. Instead of calming public suspicion, the program seemed to confirm fears that Communists had infiltrated the government.
• FBI director J. Edgar Hoover urged the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to hold public hearings on Communist subversion.
A New Scare (cont.)
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Section 3
− One of HUAC’s first hearings in 1947 focused on the film industry as a powerful cultural force that Communists might manipulate to spread their ideas and influence.
− In 1950 a pamphlet called Red Channels was published, listing 151 blacklisted actors, directors, broadcasters, and screenwriters. These filmmakers were then unable to get work.
A New Scare (cont.)
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Section 3
• Following the federal government’s example, many state and local governments, universities, businesses, unions, churches, and private organizations began their own efforts to find Communists.
A New Scare (cont.)
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Section 3
McCarthyism
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy used the fear of communism to increase his own power and destroy the reputations of many people.
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Section 3
• Senator Joseph R. McCarthy proclaimed that 205 men in the State Department were proclaimed Communists.
McCarthyism (cont.)
− He distributed a booklet called “The Party of Betrayal,” which accused Democratic party leaders of corruption and of protecting Communists.
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Section 3
• After Republicans won control of Congress in 1952, McCarthy became chairman of the Senate subcommittee on investigations.
McCarthyism (cont.)
− McCarthy turned the investigation into a public witch hunt—his tactics became known as McCarthyism.
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Section 3
• After six weeks of televised hearings, Joseph Welch, the army’s lawyer, confronted McCarthy about his cruel treatment of people during the trials.
McCarthyism (cont.)
− Later that year, the Senate passed a vote of censure against McCarthy.
− He remained in the Senate, but lost all influence.
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