Transcript The Puritanism, the 1950s, and the Red Scare

PURITANISM, THE 1950S, AND THE
RED SCARE
What They Have In Common
PURITANISM
New land – new laws
 Seeking to purify the ills of the church
 Close society – outsiders not welcome
 Not of the church – corrupt
 Fear/distrust the worldly
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THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS
Fear of the unknown
 Witch hunts
 Dancing, singing, speaking unknown languages,
hallucinations
 Possibly from food or drink contaminate
 Hanging of innocent citizens
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THE 1950S
Controversy
 Nixon
 Communism
 Spies
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THE RED SCARE
 Fear
 First
– 1918-1920
 1940’s – 1950’s second and strongest Red
Scare
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United States and Russia – Who has the
biggest and most destructive weapon?
Truman Loyalty Doctrine – funded anticommunist efforts in the United States and
abroad
THE RED SCARE -CONTINUED
 Joseph
McCarthy - Senator – established
HUAC
 McCarthyism – persecution and slander of
those believed to be Communist
sympathizers
 House Un-American Activities Committee
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Hold trials to determine who was a communist
sympathizer
Hit the arts and entertainment sector
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Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Dashiell
Hammett, Lena Horne, Langston Hughes, Arthur
Miller, Orson Welles, Pete Seeger, Lucille Ball