Home Front

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Home Front

• HUAC, Joseph McCarthy, and the Rosenbergs

By Tyler Essertier, Emma Kong, and Marisa Zaffina
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Thesis Statement

• The Cold Wars negative effects were felt in
  every aspect of American life by creating a wave
  of fear along with corrupt politicians and
  injustice to the American way and American
  citizens.

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HUAC- House of Un-American Activities Committee
(1954-1975)

• Purpose Flush out dishonest and rebellious
  organizations
• Opponents felt that civil liberties were
  overlooked
• A proponent, McCarthy used their strategies
• Renamed, House of International security
  Committee in 1969
• Its activities were called into question
• 1970s opponents won and it was abolished

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HUACs Impact

• Led to the creation of the Hollywood Ten
• Heightened the fear of communism spreading

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Hollywood Ten

• 10 Hollywood actors suspected by HUAC of being
  affiliated with communist parties
• Communist activity in the movie industry was not
  new ( Screen Writers Guild, Conference of Studio
  Unions)
• Tedious trials held to question the unfriendly
  witnesses (Hollywood ten)
• Actors were blacklisted and their careers were
  ruined

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Joseph McCarthy (1952-1954)

• Started out as a Senator
• His slander began in Wheeling, West VA
• Made claims of knowing 205 pro-communistic people
  in the government
• His accusations were outrageous and farfetched
• His attacks on the army brought his demise
• He died May 2, 1957

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McCarthys Impact

• His impact was felt nationwide
• He ruined lives and careers
• He heightened the fear of the Red Scare

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The RosenbergsJulius and Ethel Rosenberg

• First Americans to be executed on charges of
  espionage
• Transferred blue prints for atomic bomb to CBG
  officer in Russia
• Klaus Fuchs and Harry Gold (scientists) involved
  in misdemeanor
• Rosenbergs sold out by Ethels brother
• Executed on June 19,1953
• Case brought before the Supreme Court seven times

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The Rosenbergs Impact

• Enhanced the fear of communist take over
• Shocked the nation emotionally

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Thesis Proven

• The Cold Wars negative effects were felt in
  every aspect of American life by creating a wave
  of fear along with corrupt politicians and
  injustice to the American way and American
  citizens.
• The Home Front suffered severely from the Cold
  War due to what is known as the Red Scare, or the
  fear of the spread of communism. Lives were
  corrupted and ruined by slander and fraudulent
  charges. The honest American way was lost on the
  home front during the Cold War.

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