in-class #27: Cold War & American Society
Read textbook chapter 22, section 3 ("The Cold War and American Society") on pages 774-781 and answer the questions below (be sure you can identify and explain the terms italicized in bold, as well):
1. How did the Red Scare begin?
2. What were the Rosenbergs accused of and what was the result (see "Primary Source: The Hunt for Spies" on page 775?
3. Why was Hollywood focused upon by the House Un-American Activities Committee?
4. Why was Senator Joseph McCarthy so successful in getting the press to believe his claims about communists infiltrating America, when he had no evidence?
5. What did the term "McCarthyism" come to mean?
6. What were the purposes of the "duck-and-cover" drills and bomb shelters (see "Primary Source: Living with the Bomb in the 1950s" on page 780)?