The Cold War and Second Red
Scare
Chapter 14-2
Truman’s Federal Employee
____________________ (1947)
• ______ ordered to do background checks on
________________________________
• ______________________ became more
powerful as millions were investigated
• Over ___________________ investigated
• 2900 resigned in protest or because they did
not want to be investigated
• _________ employees were dismissed
___________________________
__________________ (HUAC)
• Created by Republican controlled Congress
to search for ___________________ in the
United States
– Stated Democrats had been too tolerant of
Communism in the U.S.
• _____________ became their first targets in
1947
– Pro-Communist propaganda in film industry
HUAC Con’t
• ______________ called to
testify about their political
views
– _____________ were those
who refused to testify
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– __________ until the 1960s
• Many people blacklisted
because they were in the
wrong place at the wrong
time
The Supreme Court and Loyalty
• Smith Act (1940): Federal crime to
advocate or teach the forcible overthrow of
the U.S. government
• 1949: Eugene Dennis and several others
arrested for teaching communism
• _________________________: Smith Act
upheld due to real danger of subversion
Communist China
• ________________ leads
Communist revolution in
1949.
• China became the
People’s Republic of
China.
• Communism now in ____
• Seen as puppet govt of
___________________
_________________ Trial
• Whittaker Chambers was an editor for Time
Magazine
– Was a former Communist
• _____________________ worked in FDR
administration in the 1930s
• Chambers claimed Hiss was a
_________________________in the 1930s
Hiss Trial Continued
• Freshman Congressman _____________ pursued the case
– Hiss denied knowing Chambers (under oath)
– Hiss then sued Chambers for _______________________
• Chambers then accused Hiss of giving government
documents to the USSR (________________________)
• Hiss then admitted knowing Chambers, but not being a
Communist or giving secrets to USSR
– During trial, USSR tested ________________ scaring Americans
– ___________________________________ on espionage was up
red scare3
Alger Hiss Whitaker Chambers Richard Nixon
•Hiss found guilty of __________& served 4 yrs in prison
•Propelled career of Richard Nixon and influenced the
_____________________________
Cold War at Home
• __________________
__________________
were members of the
American Communist
Party
• Found guilty of
leaking atomic secrets
to Soviets
• ___________ in 1953.
_________________ Act (1950)
• Made it illegal to substantially
contribute to establishing a
________________________
• Communist groups had to
________ with the government
• Communists could not obtain
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• Communists could not work
near
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
• Senator from Wisconsin
• 1950: Stated he had a list of 205
Communists working in the
______________________
– When pressed for list he
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______________________
– Truman did not ask for list
McCarthy’s List
• Democrats in Senate call
list a _______________
• Republicans pressure
McCarthy to release the
list
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• McCarthy releases a list
naming
_____________________
_____________________
McCarthy Grows Powerful
• 1952: McCarthy
becomes Chair of
Government
Operations Committee
• Started greater anti-
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• Hundreds of lives
ruined.
_____________ Hearings (1954)
• McCarthy begins investigating top-level Army
leaders after a friend did not get preferential
treatment
• Army demands Senate hearing
– ________________________ watch daily over 36 days
– McCarthy _________________ evidence and came
across as a ___________________________
– Army _______________________________
– Senate ________________________ McCarthy
– Did not end Second Red Scare
Korea
• Splits along 38th Parallel.
• N. Korea becomes
____________________.
• S. Korea is ___________.
• 1950: North attacks South
to ________ Korea under
communism.
• _________ defends South.
• US send troops:
Korea Continued
• UN troops led by
_____________________
• Critical of Truman for not
wanting “___________”
against _____________
• MacArthur _________ for
____________________.
• Truman _____________
military in 1948.
• ________ signed in 1953.
• US now permanently
_____________________.