Red Scare and Cold War

​North Korea was occupied by Russia and South Korea by the US. North Korea became communist and South Korea capitalist.

Korean War!

Communist North Korea invades South Korea in hopes to unify the peninsula of Korea into one Communist State.

North Korea Invades South Korea

Truman Doctrine states US will help countries resisting communism. US helps South Korea fight off North Korea with aid of United Nations.

Truman Doctrine!

​After 3 years of fighting neither North or South Korea can conquer the other, both countries agreed to remain separate. North Korea would be communist and South Korea capitalist.

A Stalemate

"Red Scare" refers to the widespread fear of Communism in the U.S. during WW2.

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In the years after WW2, many Americans became suspicious of a possible communist threat within the United States.

The Red Scare!

​President Truman created the Loyalty Review Board to conduct investigations of government employees with Communist ties. If you were caught to be "disloyal" you would be fired.

Loyalty Review Board & Loyalty Review Program

Joseph McCarthy was a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin who claimed he had a list of Communists spies who had infiltrated the U.S. State Department. Homeboy was broadcasting these claims all over the news, tv, newspapers and radio.

McCarthyism

McCarthyism represents the peak Anti-Communist hysteria of the Red Scare and the practice of making false claims against innocent people.

McCarthy was asked to provide the list but never did, boy was capping hard asf.

​Group of 10 film industry members that refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the Second Red Scare era. Sentenced to a year in prison!

Hollywood Ten

​Chambers had accused Hiss of being an undercover agent for the Kremlin. Hiss vehemently denied the charges.

Whittaker Chambers accused Alger Hiss

Sentenced to electric chair after being convicted of giving away atomic secrets.

Julius & Ethel Rosenberg

​​The space race was a series of competitive technology demonstrations between the United States and the Soviet Union, aiming to show superiority in spaceflight.

The first man-made satellite in space! Americans were shocked to learn that Russia seemed to be ahead in space exploration. President Eisenhower and Congress passed an act providing funds to math and science programs.

​​Sputnik!

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to step on the moon. He and Aldrin walked around for three hours. They did experiments.

Man on the moon.

​Neil Armstrong (Commander),

Buzz Aldrin (Pilot), Michael Collins ( Module Control) were the first and only men to land on the moon.

Men on the Moon

3 months before takeoff, NASA selected Neil Armstrong to take the first steps on the moon since the door hatch was on Neil's side of the shuttle.

Who steps on the moon first?

"Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice."

Nixon's Speech(s)

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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