The Red Scare 1947–1954
Red Scare
- Created by: Maria Jodiyawalla
- Created on: 27-02-14 19:06
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- The Red Scare 1947–1954
- Key People
- Hoover
- Head of FBI
- Investigated gvnt. feds
- 212 staff Com sympathisers lost jobs
- Investigated gvnt. feds
- Head of FBI
- Alger Hiss
- State of Department
- 1948 - Arrested for unpatriotic activities
- Sent info. to Soviet U. (accused)
- Not convicted
- State of Department
- Hollywood Ten
- Blacklisted could never work in Hwood again
- Accused on being COM, pleaded 5th
- Jailed for a year
- Blacklisted could never work in Hwood again
- The Rosenburgs
- 1953-found guilty of passing information of atomic bomb to Soviets
- First civilians executed
- Shocked public
- Anyone (neighbour) could be COM
- Shocked public
- McCarthy
- Senator of Wisconsin
- Tipping point - accused war heros
- The accused never convicted of spying
- Whipped up scare of COM
- Americans saw him as a hero
- Hoover
- Key Events
- International Relations
- Germany
- 1948 - Berlin Blockade
- 1949-Germany split into zones
- Soviet Expansionism
- 1949-Soviet Atomic Bomb
- 1953-found guilty of passing information of atomic bomb to Soviets
- 1949-China
- 1950 - Korean war
- Germany
- WithIn America
- Key People
- Hoover
- Head of FBI
- Investigated gvnt. feds
- 212 staff Com sympathisers lost jobs
- Investigated gvnt. feds
- Head of FBI
- Alger Hiss
- State of Department
- 1948 - Arrested for unpatriotic activities
- Sent info. to Soviet U. (accused)
- Not convicted
- State of Department
- Hollywood Ten
- Blacklisted could never work in Hwood again
- Accused on being COM, pleaded 5th
- Jailed for a year
- Blacklisted could never work in Hwood again
- The Rosenburgs
- First civilians executed
- Shocked public
- Anyone (neighbour) could be COM
- Shocked public
- First civilians executed
- McCarthy
- Senator of Wisconsin
- Tipping point - accused war heros
- The accused never convicted of spying
- Whipped up scare of COM
- Americans saw him as a hero
- Hoover
- 1930s - HUAC set up
- to investigate against 'foreign threats'
- 1947-Marshall Plan
- 1949- NATO formed
- Key People
- International Relations
- McCarthyism (1950-54)
- The practice of making accusations without proper regard for evidence.
- Why people supported McCarthy
- National Figure
- Capitalized on the fear of COM and fueled it
- Speech in 1950 made huge impact on America
- Why McCarthy lost support
- his secrets would have been enough to discredit him like he did to others.
- Eisenhower didn't approve on McCarthy bud never made this public/
- 1953-Attacked Army General
- Not fit to wear unofrm
- Hearings televised
- McCarthy-dishonest,reckless + bullying
- Key People
- to investigate against 'foreign threats'
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