HIST 2112 1st edition Lecture 24Outline of Previous LectureI. World War II ReasonsII. RaceIII. Atomic BombOutline of Current LectureI. The Second Red Scare II. Political Manifestation of the ScareIII. The Second Red Scare in Popular CultureCurrent Lecture I. The Second Red Scare The Soviet Union and Communism are a threat to the United States, but not a threat in the United States Anticommunism and conservative people criticize FDR and the New Deal The main people who supported the New Deal was unions, academics, and activists o These people were popular targetsII. Political Manifestations of the Scare The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) The Alger Hiss spycase The Rosenberg Case McCarthyismo Senator McCarthy was ambitious and unethicalo Was searching for a hot issue – communismo The infamous McCarthy lists and the McCarthy Hearingso The Army-McCarthy hearings and the end of McCarthyism The key role of TVIII. The Second Red Scare in Popular Culture HUAC and the Hollywood Teno The infamous blacklist The Sanitizing of Films and Tvo No morally complex or ambigupous subjectsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o No conflicto No criticism of “ the American War of Life”o No “sympathetic Communist characters The Scare and the whitebread mainstream middle-class culture of the
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