Anything but Communism

FEAR Stop the spread of Communism

House Un-American Activities Committee Movies-Commies are taking over our

films!!!! Subpoenaed 43 witnesses

Hollywood 10 Blacklisted

McCarran Act Illegal to plot- as Truman says, ‘have

opinion’

Spies Alger Hiss

Chambers accuses of spying and produces microfilm

Made Nixon’s career Forged?

Rosenbergs Passed atomic secrets Put to death

The faces of Fear

Joseph McCarthy 1950-needs a re-election campaign

Commies were taking over the Govt!! Accusation followed accusation-

McCarthyism or unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyalty w/o evidence. Ex- listed having 57,81, 205 names of

State Dept. Comrades-never gave one name

Continued

Massive fear and hysteria ensued Support by Rep. in hopes of Pres. Win

1954- McCarthy accuses the Army and bullies witnesses on TV, alienates audience

No profession or opinion was safe!

On your marks…get set…Arms Race!

Air raid drills won’t become popular until Ike, but first leg of race occurs in ’49.

Followed by H-bomb 67 times as powerful as Little Boy We win!! Nov, 1952 (USSR Aug ’53…

slowpokes)

We like Ike, but hate Commies Eisenhower elected in 1952

Brinkmanship becomes popular-operating on the edge of all out war

Scale back Army and Navy while increasing Air Force and Nukes—USSR copycats do the same

Cold War Thaw Ding Dong, Stalin is Dead-1953 Hope for peace rises with Soviet peace with

Austria, Japan, and recognizing W. Germany

Warsaw Pact- response to NATO 7 other Eastern European nations

Geneva’s Open Skies drop like a rock

Egypt plays hardball Nasser and Egypt play U.S. for fools

Attempt to play U.S. and USSR for Aid After loan falls through, Suez Canal

nationalized Israel, G.B., and Frenchies attack

UN stop the fighting Eisenhower pulls a Truman

Eisenhower Doctrine swears to protect Mid East

Hungary Revolts Imre Nagy wants democracy, denounces

Warsaw Pact USSR kill roughly 30,000 Hungarians,

execute Nagy 200,000 Hungarians flee westward US is idle