The Cold WarAim: How does “fear” affect

society during times of war?

Cold War The Cold War was a decades-long

struggle for global supremacy that pitted the capitalist United States and allies against the communist Soviet Union and allies

Main Characteristics • Espionage (KGB vs. CIA) • Arms Race (Nuclear escalation • Ideological Competition through Proxy Wars • Bi-Polarization of Europe (NATO vs. Warsaw Pact)

Origins of the Cold War Mutual Suspicion

during WWII • Second Front in

Northern Europe • Lend-Lease Act

Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe under Stalin to create a “buffer zone” to stop invasion

US Policy Against Communism

Containment Doctrine: Stopping the spread of Communism would lead it to die on its own

Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan

How does “fear” affect society during times of

war?

Documentary Activity As you watch the

documentary, answer the questions below. • How was the

atmosphere of fear created in the US post 9/11?

• How did Americans react to the terrorist threats?

• What is the Patriot Act? • How does it affect

Americans?

Fear Leads to…

Creation of a National Enemy + Consensus

Necessary for militarization of budget

Sacrifice of Civil Liberties 1950 1955 1960 1961

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Why were people so fearful during the Cold

War?

Propaganda Example: Propaganda: 100 Things You

Should Know about Communism in the USA

Read the document and SOAP it • Subject • Objective • Audience • Perspective

Answer: What is life like under Communism?

Communist Uprisings Post-War: Communist

factions in France, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Turkey, Indochina

1949 Communists under Mao Zedong defeat Nationalists

1950 Communist North invades Democratic South

Spies! Spies!

1947 Truman Executive Order 9835: Loyalty Tests

“gave popular credence to the notion that the government was riddled with spies…”

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Alger Hiss: US State Department official

Joe 1/RDS 1 (August 29, 1949)

HUAC Dramatic Reading

Hollywood Ten• screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians, and other U.S. entertainment professionals

In 1947, the committee held nine days of hearings into alleged communist propaganda and influence the Hollywood entertainment industry

What is the goal of the HUAC investigation of Hollywood according to Lawson and Lardner? Why do you think this goal is necessary on the part of HUAC?

What are the main arguments of Lawson and Lardner?

Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner Jr.Screenwriter

John Howard LawsonScreenwriter

House Un-American activities chaired by Richard Nixon "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist

Party?"

McCarthyism: Fodder • Public alarm over the

evils of Communism allowed McCarthy to:• destroy many

reputations• Fire college

professors• Rid US of

individual expression

• The arts?

Homework Review A People’s War (Part II)

• Review Questions in your group. Make sure you know the answers as these same questions will appear on your final examination.

• Discuss the question below. Have a scribe write it down and a speaker will share answers. Based on the reading, was the Cold War

inevitable? Did fears have true sources or were fears used

to control the population?