NATO & Warsaw Treaties

Review the Preambles of each treaty and selected articles. Use the Graphic Organizer and answer the corresponding question.

Consider the potential impact of these two military alliances. Tweet it!

In the form of a Tweet respond to the following question

Will these two military alliances, NATO and the , expand tension between countries or will they promote greater peace and stability?

Explain using 3 details from the treaties, 1 must be a quote. Table of Contents

1. Vocabulary (give yourself 1 page front/back)

2. Sources of Discord, 1945-1946 (Cont’d)

- The - 3. European

. Focus Question . 4.

1. Who is Joseph McCarthy and in 5. United Nations - NATO vs. WARSAW what ways did he impact the 6. Joseph McCarthy and the American Culture? 7. 2. In what ways did Joseph McCarthy violate American 8. values in his search for 9. communist? 10. Who’s the Communist?

With a partner, examine each of the photos with the information provided.

Your objective - Identify the Communist! ➢ Parents are Immigrants

➢ Responsible for the “loss” of China to

➢ Critics say he is “soft on Communism”

Suspect #1 ➢ Investigated the War Department during World War II

➢ Nickname “Moscow Maggie”

➢ States the basic principles of Americanism” are ○ Right to Criticize ○ Right to hold unpopular beliefs ○ Right to Protest ○ Right of independent thought Suspect #2 ➢ Lived abroad during World War II

➢ Constantly clashes with his bosses

➢ Criticizes US government officials Suspect #3 ➢ Parents are Italian Immigrants and are classified as “Enemy Aliens” during WWII

➢ Grew up in San Francisco

➢ One of his wives divorced him for inflicting “mental cruelty”.

Suspect #4 ➢ Endorses the legalization of medical marijuana

➢ Says he would fight religious organizations, “every step of the way”

➢ Tied to mafia convicts

Suspect #5 ➢ Born in US, grew up abroad ○ France, Switzerland and Turkey

➢ Political Activist

➢ Controversial Writer

Suspect #6 Who’s the Communist?!

Review your notes and discuss with your partner who you think is the Communist. ➢ Parents are Immigrants

➢ ResponsibleNot a for the “loss” of China to Communism Communist! ➢ Critics say he is “soft on Communism”

SecretarySuspect of #1 State ➢ Investigated the War Department during World War II

➢ Nickname “Moscow Maggie” Not a ➢ Communist!States the basic principles of Americanism” are ○ Right to Criticize ○ Right to hold unpopular beliefs ○ Right to Protest Senator ○ Right of independent thought MargaretSuspect Chase #2 Smith ➢ Lived abroad during World War II

➢ ConstantlyNot a clashes with his Communist!bosses

➢ Criticizes US government officials SuspectJournalist #3 Edward R. Murrow ➢ Parents are Italian Immigrants and are classified as “Enemy Aliens” during WWII Not a ➢ Communist!Grew up in San Francisco

➢ One of his wives divorced him for inflicting “mental cruelty”. Baseball Player SuspectJoe DiMaggio #4 ➢ Endorses the legalization of medical marijuana

➢ SaysNot he a would fight religious Communist!organizations, “every step of the way”

➢ Tied to mafia convicts Senator BarrySuspect Goldwater #5 ➢ Born in US, grew up abroad ○ France, Switzerland and NotTurkey a

Communist! ➢ Political Activist

➢ Controversial Writer

Write and Activist SuspectJames Baldwin #6 A Communist is someone who believes in a classless and stateless society.

Seek to alleviate problems of - Debrief - capitalist

Who’s the Communist? economy

Believes people should have equal access to goods and services. Joseph McCarthy and The Red Scare “Fire” by Herb Block In the aftermath of World War II, Americans reacted with dismay as relations between the and the deteriorated, the Russians imposed communist control over much of Eastern Europe, and China was on the verge of going communist. People worried that communists might try to subvert schools, labor unions, and other institutions.

Government agencies and private groups began to look for evidence of subversive activity. In this climate of fear and suspicion, the House Committee on Un-American Activities, which Herb Block had opposed since its inception in the 1930s, became active. Herb Block recognized the danger to civil liberties posed by such activities and warned of them in his work. The First Red Took place Late 1910’s and early Scare 1920’s

Reaction to: - (1917) Late 1910’s and early - Labor unrest/strikes in the US 1920’s - The Palmer Raids - Anti-Immigrant hysteria (xenophobia)

After Palmer was discredited, the first Red Scare died down. The Second Red Scare

After WWII, US and USSR → only two superpowers.

Cold war - Started a second - long and more intense - Red Scare Second Red Scare International Events that helped lead to a second Red Scare

- USSR refusal to allow free election in Eastern Europe - Fall of China, 1949 - Korean War, 1950 Domestic Events that helped fuel Second Red Scare to a second Red Scare

- House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), 1938 - Federal Employee Loyalty Review Program, 1947 - , 1947 - Perjury Conviction, 1948 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, 1950