7/23/2019 Cold War & American Society

1/8

Cold War NotesGrab an iPad and go to

clowardus.blogspot.com

7/23/2019 Cold War & American Society

2/8

Cold War & Red Scare (1945 - 1954)

Key Terms:

perjurylying when you have sworn an oath t

falloutradioactive particles dispersed by a n

Do Now: Set up your notes and answ

Do Now question

Do Now: Why did the

U.S. get involved in

the Korean War?

7/23/2019 Cold War & American Society

3/8

On a separate p

paper, write a s

paragraph (at le

sentences) desc

what you see in

poster and how have made peo

about communi

7/23/2019 Cold War & American Society

4/8

Red Scare

Red Scare = fear of Comm

Trumans Loyalty Review

all government employee

screened to make sure the

Communists2,000 fired o

House Un-American Activit

Committee (HUAC) investig

many people (including Ho

stars) who liked Communis

7/23/2019 Cold War & American Society

5/8

Red Scare

Alger Hiss1948,

government official

of perjury, accused

Communist spies

Julius & Ethel Rose

executed as Commspies who helped th

get the atomic bomb

7/23/2019 Cold War & American Society

6/8

McCarthyism

Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Se

accused & investigated hun

people of being Communis

only weak evidence

McCarran Act, passed by C

in 1950took away Constrights of Communists

7/23/2019 Cold War & American Society

7/8

Life in the Cold War

Schools

bombing

People b

fallout sh

Popular

and mov

stories o

Commun

7/23/2019 Cold War & American Society

8/8

Red Dawn Movie

Red Dawn is a movie about an imaginary invasio

United States by the Soviet Union during the Col

Students at a high school in a small town in Colo

back against the invading Russians and their Ce

American allies.

As you watch the movie, write a paragraph (asentences), describing what is happening and

is an example of how scared people were of

Communism.