For many Americans‚ the McCarthy era of the late 1940s and early 1950s symbolized what America does not represent. During this time‚ many Americans were persecuted based on their beliefs. Beliefs‚ however‚ was not the only force driving behind McCarthyism. The Amerasia case in 1945‚ along with the Alger Hiss perjury trials of 1949 and 1950‚ raised concerns to Congress about “underground” Communists within the government and others who could possibly commit acts of treason against the United States
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As a result of Plessy v. Ferguson‚ in1896‚ where the US Supreme Court upholds the “separate but equal doctrine‚” (Day & Schiele‚ 2013) Dr. King had to attend an all-black college‚ Morehouse College. This was the same college where his father and grandfather attended making Dr. King the third generation in his family to attend college. Dr. King would graduate from Morehouse College in 1948 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. As well as attending college‚ Dr. King also follows in his father’s
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THE COLD WAR- 1945-1991 In the immediate aftermath of World War II‚ the United States took a turn to the economic and political right. Nothing demonstrated this shift more than the Second Red Scare. The trials‚ denouncements‚ black lists‚ and paranoia about Communism in the Second Red Scare showed the domestic face of the Cold War--the international struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States for world dominance. The Cold War transformed anti-Communism from a right wing to a mainstream
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The Truman Doctrine and the Development of American Foreign Policy during the Cold War On March 12‚ 1947‚ President Harry S. Truman defined United States foreign policy in the context of its new role as a world superpower. Many historians consider his speech to Congress as the words that officially started the Cold War. The Truman Doctrine was a major break from U.S. historical trends of isolationist foreign policy. His speech led to the Cold War policy of containment. Moreover‚ it served as a
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1950s - Fear of Communism World War II left much of the world in political and economic disaster. The fear of a nuclear war‚ the spread of communism and the unknown‚ created a political environment full of fear that was ripe for the rise of McCarthyism. As troops returned from World War II‚ the United States enjoyed unprecedented power and President Truman initiated a number of actions to protect against the spread of communism. He was involved in the Marshall Plan‚ the Truman Doctrine and NATO
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Political Cartoon “Tick-Tock Tick-Tock” January 11‚ 1949 – The cartoonist’s cartoon shows a man reading the newspaper that says scientist have developed the atomic clock while above him the atom bomb is swinging the atomic clock in front of the man. Usually the swinging of a clock is used for hypnosis. The artist made their statement of Brain-washing or hypnosis clear; there couldn’t possibly be a misinterpretation. “Fire!” June 17‚ 1949 – The cartoon is of a man with a bucket of water‚ climbing
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Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956 as well as Richard Nixon in 1960.The last time Reagan actively supported a Democratic candidate was in 1950 when he helped Helen Gahagan Douglas in her unsuccessful Senate campaign against Richard Nixon. After being hired in 1954 to host the General Electric Theater‚ a TV drama series‚ Reagan soon began to embrace the conservative views of the sponsoring company’s officials. His many GE speeches—which he wrote himself—were non-partisan but carried a conservative‚ pro-business
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confronting and fighting Communism. After McCarthy was elected as a senator for Wisconsin in 1947 he started issuing lists that includes Americans with any kind of relation to the Communist party. McCarthy was the Chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation of the Government Operations Committee of the U.S Senate. McCarthy’s actions against Communism became a movement during the cold war called “McCarthyism”. The movement was targeting any American that would consider a threat to the United
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communist activity in America. The anticommunist sentiment grew extremely out of control and worked against Hollywood actors and actresses during the HUAC hearings against suspected communists in Hollywood. McCarthyism played a huge role in the anticommunist sentiment. Senator Joseph McCarthyism used false accusation and fear to carry out aggressive investigation before the government or committees and agencies. Due to this many actor and actresses were blacklisted‚ fired and their civil rights were
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The people became terrified and demanded that the list of those must be intensely interviewed to determine if they were in fact communists. The people on the list were not communists‚ but for two years he investigated them and it became known as McCarthyism. He also accused many public citizens such as newspaper writers who went against his views. Then in October of 1953‚ McCarthy began to go downhill. He accused the military to be communists. President Dwight D. Eisenhower decided that was enough
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