Today we continued Erin’s presentation. Then Jenna started her presentation. Here is the information:
Erin’s Information:
The First Red Scare:
-began after the Bolshevik Russian Revolution of 1917 and during WWII. The First Red Scare was from 1917 to 1920. This was when people were scared that the communists would take over. Innocent people were put in jail. The first scare disappeared around 1920.
The Second Red Scare
-happened after WWII around 1947 to 1957 and once again people feared that communism would take over. Innocent people were trailed and the trials actually ruined people’s lives.
McCarthyism
-started with the end of WWII and the start of the Cold War. This was the anti communist way of Senator McCarthy to get rid of communists in the US. He accused people with very little evidence.
McCarthy’s Involvement
-Joe got information about communists in the US government and blah.
McCarthyism
-known for all the ridiculous trials that McCarthy held. Investigated governmental departments and he ruined all of their careers. Mostly writers, entertainers, and artists were the people who were mainly attacked. A total of 320 writers were called communist. A few people took a stand against the ridiculous trails held and they wanted McCarthy’s trials to end.
Jenna
Berlin Blockade and airlift
Berlin Blockade was June 24 1948 to May 24 to 1989
First major international crises of the cold war
Yalta Conference split Germany into four parts and Berlin into four parts
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