What was McCarthyism?

Communist victory in China

The Berlin Blockade

Russia's atomic bomb

Invasion by North Korea of South Korea

1947 Federal Employee Loyalty Program

Fear of Soviet Spies: Alger Hiss, Rosenbergs

Suspicion of liberal Ideas

McCarthy's speech (Feb 1950)

Work of the House, the un-American Activities committee

Work of FBI and Hoover

Use of Blacklists

1954 Communist control Act

Opposition to McCarthy - actors, intellectuals

Court decisions against McCarthy

Excesses of McCarthy

Army McCarthy Hearings