A Red Scare.
Fear of
Communism
at Home
Mike Russo –
1961 “Agnes the
Teenage Russian
Spy”
What might the red
“iceberg” off on its own
symbolize?
Neat site: http://www.atomicplatters.com/platters.php?id=C0_7_1
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