Post War Society Flashcards
When was the HUAC set up?
1938
List 3 specific international events that caused the 2nd Red Scare
Cold War:
Korean War 1950
China becomes Communist in 1949
Berlin Blockade 1948
Soviet control in Eastern Europe (e.g. Albania, Poland, Romania sovietised)
What did Americans fear that caused the 2nd Red Scare?
As in the Eastern European, they had no elections, Americans feared they would lose American democracy
War caused people to live Americsn Dream, and they feared this would be taken away
Also feared that Communists would subvert schools and labour unions
What did the HUAC do?
Stars were blacklisted from working in Holywood
What did the HUAC do?
Stars were blacklisted from working in Holywood
What evidence shows the HUAC was not a consequence of the 2nd Red Scare?
HUAC was set up in 1938, before WW2 + Cold War
How did Joe McCarthy initially gain influence?
He claimed he had a list 200 Communist in the government
How did Joe McCarthy lose influence?
When he started accusing people in the army
What was McCarthyism?
The unproven accusation of Communist sympathy and connections in the government
What was McCarthyism?
The unproven accusation of Communist sympathy + connections in the government
How was media used to publicise the 2nd Red Scare?
Anti-Communist hearings were shown on TV
How did the FBI show help for McCarthyism?
They investigated around 1 million suspects using phone-tapping and surveillance
