Monday- Work day on songs
Tuesday- Work day on songs
Wednesday- Work day on songs
Thursday- Start of presentations, and a couple notes
Friday- Presentations and continued note taking.
Notes:
The First Berlin Crisis
June 1948- May 1949
Germany was split into 4 zones- french, us, british, and Russian.
Berlin was split into the same four
West Germany(all but Russia) did well with Marshal Plan
West wanted East to join
Stalin tried to take west berlin in June of 1948 which was in the eastern section- He cut all rail and canal links to west Berlin- west started airlifts for necessary supplies
In May of 1949, Russia admitted defeat and lifted blockades
Red Scare
Causes
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Trial- found guilty of spying for the soviets-executed in 1953
The Iron Curtain surrounding the Eastern Europe-1945
The USSR detonating their atomic bomb-1949
China becoming communist in 1949
the Korean war starting in 1950- Domino Effect
Stalin’s actions in Germany-Berlin blockade
China
Chiang Kai Shek(anti-Communist) vs. Mao Zedong (Communist)
they were in a civil war for about a decade (1928-1937)
WWII happened, they decided to work together
Mao Zedong and the communists win
Chiang Kai-Shek flees to Taiwan
Taiwan is who the US and the UN recognizes as China until 1972
Richard Nixon visits China in 1972- Detente
Alien Registration Act of 1940 (smith Act)
Made it illegal to advocate the overthrow of the US government
Required all non-citizen adult residents to register with the government
Approximately 215 people were indicted under the legislation, including alleged communists, Anarchists, and fascists
Prosecutions under the Smith Act continued until the Supreme court decision declared Law unconstitutional in 1957
Senator Joe McCarthy- McCarthyism
was a republican Senator from Wisconsin
In 1950, he gave a speech where he claimed to have a list of 205 Communists in the state Department.
No one in the press actually saw the names on the list, but McCarthy’s announcement made national news and caused panic throughout the country
McCarthy became one of the most powerful people in the US.
Republicans, Catholics, Conservative Protestants, Blue-collar workers, Joseph and Robert Kennedy were all supporters of Joe McCarthy.
McCarthy’s downfall finally began in October 1953, when he started to investigate “communist infiltration into the military.”
This was the final straw for president Dwight D. Eisenhower, who realized that McCarthy’s movement needed to be stopped.
In late 1954, the Senate voted to censure him for his conduct and to strip him of his privileges.
McCarthy died 3 years later due to alcoholism.
McCarthyism- the Practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC- 1945-1975)
This organization went after directors and actors in Hollywood
the committee believed that films were spreading communist propaganda
they set up hearings to investigate the movie industry
Hollywood Ten
Each man was found guilty and sentenced to spend a year in prison and pay a $1,000 fine.
Charlie Chaplin
Seen as communist saying that we needed to send support to the Soviet Union
people hated him for it, he was sent away
when he finally came back (from the blacklist) he was given an academy award and applauded for 12 minutes (longest in history)
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