actions posed from members of the government and undercover spies in the United States was nationally known as the Red Scare. Feeling as though the country was in danger‚ President Truman issued Executive Order 9835 (the Loyalty Order) on March 21st‚ 1947 at the start of the Cold War. The Loyalty Order analyzed the loyalty of federal employees working for the government (“Red Scare”). Many individuals began to question the actions of several government officials. Among the accusers was Joseph R. McCarthy
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were Japanese and were thought to be untrustworthy. Another act not to long after the war is McCarthyism. McCarthyism is a vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–1954. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs‚ although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party. McCarthyism is a great example of intolerance because as soon as McCarthy accused someone of being a “Communist”
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the zones where the USSR hoped to maintain a sphere of influence. Whatever its causes‚ discord between the two most powerful members of the former Grand Alliance created a Cold War that lasted more than forty years. With the Truman Doctrine of 1947‚ the United States adopted the role of “global policeman.” With the Marshall Plan of 1948‚ the United States adopted the role of economic caretaker of Europe. Both actions originated as attempts to stop the perceived communist threat to world peace
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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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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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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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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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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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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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