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20th Century Shen Reading Guide for Pages 927-934 Truman’s Loyalty Program & The Congressional Loyalty Program • Programs President Truman created to monitor loyalties of Federal government employeesdescription, evaluation, and impact(s) on American society o Federal Employee Loyalty Program o Loyalty Review Board o Smith Act • American Communist Party – size and impact of the era on membership • Goals and impacts of the McCarran Internal Security Act and HUAC o Hollywood Ten • Impact of the Hiss-Chambers trial on American politics & society Senator Joe McCarthy & The Causalities of Fear • The election of 1952 and the rise of Joseph McCarthy • Impact and significance of the arrest and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg • Eisenhower v. McCarthy-why the President didn’t challenge the Senator • The fall of McCarthy and McCarthyism o Army-McCarthy hearings • Impact of the “anti-communist crusade” on American society in the 1940s-1950s (consider the impact on Americans of all walks of life, in particular, those who traditionally were on the outskirts of mainstream America (Native Americans, African-Americans, Hispanics, laborers and unions, etc.)
