House of Cards
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Transcript of House of Cards
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House of Cards Rules of the Game:
•Your task is to build a house of cards. •Every person in the group must participate actively.•There is an internal traitor in your group who will sabotage your efforts. (I selected this person before class.) •You have 7 minutes to build thetallest house. •Work well together and you could win!
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Discussion Questions• Can you identify the “internal traitors or Reds”
among us?• Why did you think there were traitors? • How did that thinking affect what you saw and
what you did? How did the knowledge of possible traitors affect the simulation and group as a whole?
• What “proof” did you have?• Define paranoia.• How might this paranoia affect the United States
at home during the Cold War?
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Cold War at Home Definitions
Paranoia: extreme, irrational distrust of others Mass Hysteria: a socially contagious frenzy of irrational
behavior in a group of people as a reaction to an event
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Second Red Scare (40s-50s)
• Concern that communism would spread to the U.S.•Paranoia reflected in popular culture
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Discussion Questions
• Predict how the government will respond to paranoia and fear surrounding the Second Red Scare.
• In what postions or jobs might Americans not want communists? Why?
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HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)
• investigated suspected Communists in movie industry
• no proof, but many blacklisted (shunned and not given jobs)
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“ Are you now or have you ever been a Communist?” -- HUAC investigator
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Discussion Questions
• Examine and analyze the action of HUAC.– Why might some criticize them?– Why might some support them?
VOTE: Continue HUAC investigations or not!
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Loyalty Review Board
• Purpose to investigate government workers• Constitutional rights violated
1947-1951: 3.1 million investigated212 dismissed as security risks2,900 resigned in protest
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McCarthyism• Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin • Unfairly accused people of being communists
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McCarthyism
• Had no proof, contributed to mass hysteria
• Ended in 1954 after the Army-McCarthy hearings
McCarthy’s ClaimsWheeling, West Virginia: 205Denver: 207Salt Lake City: 57
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McCarthy’s Downfall –Political Cartoon
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Concluding Discussion Question
• Consider the actions of the U.S. government during the Second Red Scare.– Were the actions of the U.S.
government fair? Justified? Explain.
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Concluding NB Reflection
LETTERGRADE COMMENTS
TREATMENT OFAMERICANS BY GOV’T DURING THE COLD WAR
How will you grade the actions of the U.S. government at Homeduring the Cold War?
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Concluding Final Discussion
Should the United States be allowed to:• create a lists of American citizens who are communist? • lists of suspected terrorists without proof? • hold possible terrorists without proof?