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Witch Hunt or Red Menace? Anticommunism in Postwar America, 1945-1954 Lesson Plan

Witch Hunt or Red Menace? Anticommunism in Postwar America, 1945-1954 Lesson Plan

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Students investigate what constitutes an "un-American" activity and why Soviet espionage was such an important issue in the 1940's and 1950's. Joseph McCarthy's impact on American anticommunism is examined in this activity. There are three lessons in this

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9th - 12th

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Social Studies & History

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