Name ______Period ___ McCarthyism New Red Scare

Beginning in 1950, Joseph ______became the most visible public face of this era of anti-communism. – The term ______was coined that same year(1950) to describe and condemn the senator's methods. – McCarthyism is the practice of making ______of disloyalty, especially pro-Communist activities. • In many instances unsupported by ______or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant ______. – Later the term was applied more generally to the ______-______of the late 1940s through the late 1950s. – Today, it is often used even more broadly, to describe ______attacks made on a persons' ______and/or patriotism.

McCarthy's national reconition rose after a speech where he reportedly produced a piece of paper which he claimed contained a ______of known Communists working for the ______Department.

– McCarthy is usually quoted to have said: "I have here in my hand a list of 205 people that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the ______Party, and who, nevertheless, are still working and ______the policy of the State Department."

Many people supported McCarthy because they were afraid that ______had indeed ______federal agencies.

Arms Race United States v Soviet Union

• 1949 -The Soviet Union exploded its ______atomic bomb • 1953 - the United States and the Soviet Union had the ___-______(Hydrogen bomb). • The United States ______the air force which would carry the ______and built up ______weapons. • The ______Union began to do the ______. • The ______arms ______frightened many Americans. • Parents built underground______to protect their families in case of an attack. • Children practiced “______-and-______” drills at school. • Some Americans formed ______-______groups to protest the arms race. • The Nuclear Arms Race was ______for both sides. • Even though no weapons were ever actually used, the build up of weapons was a huge ______for the both ______of the US and the USSR • This expense may have helped lead to the ______of the Soviet Union.

Space Race

• For most of the second half of the 20th century, a cold war raged between the world's two ______. • While battles were never ______on either country's land, plans were made to take the ______into the high frontier of outer ______.

Space Race • The ______was an informal ______between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted roughly from 1957 to 1975. • The Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and the American ______Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon all agreed that conquering outer space was very important. • October 4, 1957 the Soviet Union launched ______, the first artificial ______, into orbit. • Americans worried this would give the USSR an ______in space and the Cold War

Federal Aid to Education Increased • University ______programs grew. • Federal aid to ______increased. • New ______and ______began. • Technology, especially in aerospace ______and electronic ______, advanced. • January 31, 1958, the ______launched ______I, its first satellite.

NASA • On July 29, 1958, President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 establishing the National ______and ______Administration (NASA) to conduct space ______.

• President Kennedy wanted to ______the Soviets to the moon. On May 21, 1961, speaking about the prospect of sending astronauts to the ______, Kennedy said, "…No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space. And none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish."

• July 20, 1969 U.S astronaut Neil Armstrong is first man to ______on moon

“That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.”

The July 17, 1975 rendezvous of the Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft traditionally marks the end of the Space Race. • Today thousands of artificial satellites ______earth, relaying communications data around the planet.

• Remote sensing of data on weather, ______, and human ______to nations who employ them is a result of the ______Race.

• The micro-technology which fuels everyday activities from time-keeping to enjoying ______comes from ______during ______Race.

• The ______became superior in electronics, remote sensing, vehicle guidance, and robotic control.