A Red Scare. Fear of Communism at Home

A Red Scare. Fear of

Communism at Home

Mike Russo – 1961 “Agnes the Teenage Russian Spy”

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What might the red “iceberg” off on its

own symbolize?

Did you know that during the Cold War the

Cincinnati Reds became the Cincinnati

Redlegs

The Hollywood Ten and their lawyers

Alger Hiss – former State Department accused of spying. He testified under oath that he was not a spy. Hiss sued Chambers, the man who

accused him of spying. Chambers later produced the Pumpkin Papers which proved Hiss lied but the statute of limitations had expired and he

could not be retried. He was convicted of perjury and sentenced to 5 years.

The Rosenbergs leaving their arraignment and in happier times.

• Both Julius and Ethel pled the 5th when on the stand.

• They were executed by electrocution

• In his memoirs Khrushchev praised the Rosenbergs for all they had done.

Rosenberg children and their lawyer

McCarthyism (1950-54)

• Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin

• Accused many in government of being communists. He had very little if any proof

• Margaret Chase Smith – one of the few ppl. who challenged McCarthy.

Nuclear Anxiety• Hydrogen Bomb

• Hundreds of times stronger• Arms race = both U.S. and USSR have it

• Religion• Billy Graham • “In God we trust” and “One nation under God”

• Education• “Duck and Cover”• How to survive

• Fallout• Radioactive byproduct of nuclear explosions• Die, dig, or get out

Duck and Cover

Do it yourself fallout shelter

Arms Race leads to Space Race-(video and audio)

• Sputnik

• Sputnik II (poor dog)

• Explorer I– Americans fear we are falling behind the Soviets– As a result Eisenhower creates National

Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Defense Education Act

Sputnik