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- - - - Capitalism vs Communism
        
        Berlin Crisis
        
        Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan
        
        More details in Cold War Unit
        
        Soviet expansion in Europe
        
        More details in Cold War Unit
      - Soviet Union's own atomic bomb
        
        Worried people it meant that a nuclear could break out
        
        Cuban Missile Crises (Cold War)
      - China's communist party own despite American support to opponents
        
        More Uprisings in other countries
        
        Korean War 1951-53 (Cold War)
    - - Role of FBI
        
        Federal Loyalty Boards
        
        3 million government workers questioned
        
        up to 3,000 were fired/forced to resign
        
        They were considered as security risks.
        
        Secretly began passing intelligence to HUAC
      - HUAC
        
        Held public hearings about the threat of Communism in America
      - Hollywood Ten
        
        refused to answer any questions
        
        Pleaded the First Amendment
        
        Jailed for 1 year & blacklisted
        
        Film makers increased their production of anti-communist films
      - Hiss Case
        
        Came at the same time as the Soviet Union's successful atomic bomb test
        
        Increased Hysteria in general public
        
        5 Years of jail
      - Rosenburg Case
        
        Denied all charges
        
        Found guilty & sentenced to death
        
        Executed on 19 June 1953
        
        Lack of evidence for their execution led to large protests
      - McCarran Act
        
        Made in 1950
        
        Strengthened in 1952
        
        Communists were not allowed US passports
        
        Communists were not allowed to work in certain jobs
        
        In an emergency, anyone suspected of 'subversion' could be put in a detention camp, without facing trial.
    - - Constitution made of 3 parts
        
        Legislative (evaluates laws)
        
        Congress
        
        Senate
        
        House of Representatives
        
        Executive (carries out laws)
        
        President
        
        Vice President
        
        Cabinet
        
        Departments
        
        Judicial (makes laws)
        
        Supreme Court
        
        Federal Courts
    - - Joseph McCarthy
        
        Republican Senator for Wisconsin in 1946
        
        Claimed to have a list of 205 members of the Communist party who worked in the State of Department
        
        Reduced to 57 after multiple speeches
        
        Accused Democrats of being 'un-american' and a communist sympathiser
        
        Democrats like Senator Tydings were not re-elected later that year.
        
        Had the support of the Republican party
        
        Used this against democrats in the 1952 elections
        
        Republicans won, Eisenhower takes office
        
        McCarthy is now Chairman of the Government Committee on Operations of the Senate
        
        Methods used by McCarthy
        
        Bullying
        
        Aggressive questioning
        
        Attacked High Profile figures to gain more publicity
      - His downfall
        
        Accused George Marshall
        
        Failure to prevent the communist victory in China
        
        Communist drive for world domination through Marshall Plan
        
        Televised hearings
        
        Public saw his methods and were shocked
        
        Army gathered evidence of McCarthy abusing his priviliges
        
        Ed Murrow "See it now” heavily criticised McCarthy
        
        Used video footage to back himself up
      - Impacts:
        
        Thousands lost jobs or had careers damaged
        
        Increased Hysteria
        
        Communists could be anyone and anywhere
        
        Trade Unions were seen as communist organisations
        
        Fewer workers joining as they didn't want to be seen as communist
        
        Most of public stopped talking about politics and world events
        
        Fear of being accused guilty
        
        US foreign policy maintained anti-communist and 'tough on communism'
        
        Damaged international status
        
        Intolerant of people with different ideas
        
        More people became anti-American