McCarthy and HUAC

By:Robert Meyer

and Ryan Coco

<http://www.nndb.com/people/490/000051337/>.

<http://ushistory20thc.wikispaces.com/PATRIOT+Act+(C)>.

Back Ground of Joseph McCarthy

• McCarthy was born in Wisconsin in 1908.

• When WWII started he took a leave of absence from his job as a circuit judge.

• McCarthy then joined Congress at the age of 38.

<http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m000315>.

<http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmccarthy.htm>

The Events Leading up to McCarthyism

• The Red Scare

• Alien Registration Act – This was an act set into place to punish anyone who advocated the overthrow of the US government

<http://reason.com/blog/2010/05/24/another-member-of-the-borderli>.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Registration_Act>

The Events Leading up to McCarthyism

Continued•The Spread of Communism close to the US

•The Cuban Missile Crisis

<http://www.johndclare.net/cold_war16.htm>.

The Red Scare Propaganda

<http://amandaengle.wikispaces.com/Crucible+Comparison>.<http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedScare>.

McCarthyism•McCarthyism – The practice of making accusations of disloyalty without proper evidence

• This was originally coined to criticize the Senator Joseph McCarthy

• Senator Joseph McCarthy accused many American elite and military leaders of being Communist, and had them seized, searched, and questioned

<http://cantstopwontstop.com/blog/mccarthyism-is-now/>.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism>.

“How to Spot a Communist”

<http://www.youtube.com/videos?feature=mh>

Results of McCarthyism

• HUAC (House of UnAmerican Activities Committee)

•This was a committee to investigate whether Americans were Communist or not

• Fear of the Infiltration of Communist

• Propaganda and Communist videos

<http://www.designer-daily.com/examples-of-american-cold-war-propaganda-2918>.

<http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAhuac.htm>

Results of McCarthyism Continued

•McCarthyism and the Red Scare inspired many movies that instilled the fear of Communism in America in Americans

•Invasion of the Body Snatchers was one of the most famous.

<http://www.reviewstl.com/the-top-10-alien-movies-cowboys-aliens-0729/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/>.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

<http://www.youtube.com/videos?feature=mh>

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