LECTURE 21: COMMUNISM, ESPIONAGE, McCARTHYISM
Lecture Outline
1. The CPUSA, 1935-60.
2. Communists in government.
3. Sen. Joe McCarthy.
Important Information, Terms, and Names from this Lecture
Communist Party U.S.A. (1919) - CPUSA
Popular Front (1935)
Nazi-Soviet Pact (1939)
"second front"
Communist Political Association (1944)
Richard Wright
"front organizations"
American Writers' Congress
Ernest Hemingway
Americans for Democratic Action (1947)
Sen. Hubert Humphrey
CPUSA dues-paying membership (est.):
1939 - 100,000
1946 - 80,000
1953 - 27,000
1960 - 3,000
J. Edgar Hoover
"Ring of Five"
Donald Maclean
Kim Philby
"Brother-Son Network"
Rudy Baker
Klaus Fuchs
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Alger Hiss
Senate Subcommittee on Investigations
Army-McCarthy Hearings (1954)
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