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The threat of espionage does not justify killing innocent people based off of paranoia. The evidence used to persecute these people came from unjustified fears such as Homosexuality, not reciting the pledge, and baseless suspicious. A repeat of the massacre caused by the Salem Witch trials that killed hundreds of innocent women without evidence. What both of these cases have in common is that people were trying to attain a sense of safety by killing people who were deemed as 'suspicious' or 'untrustworthy.' However, these accusations were based off of feelings instead of evidence, leading to the deaths of dozens of innocent lives, which can never be justified. Inevitably this would have only caused distrust and hate towards the U.S. government, giving an advantage to the Society Union. So not only was it immoral but ineffective.

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I think it justified actions from the HUAC, but not McCarthy.

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I think it justified actions from the HUAC, but not McCarthy.

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I think communism really was a threat to the American economy and way of living, as it was spreading rapidly. The HUAC, though exaggerated sometimes, was justified in their actions because they were protecting the U.S., but McCarthy just accused people of communism and disloyalty to give himself a better chance of winning in politics. - Jahaira

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The fear factor of the red scare was brought down heavily with the broadcast of Joseph McCarthy's ramblings and unfounded attacks on groups like the US military and anyone who spoke against him. due to McCarthy the red scare became much less of an actual fear and more or less fell off

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No, the threat of espoinge does not justify the actions of HUAC and McCarthy because it ended up killing many who may have been innocent. The first text explains that people like Ethel were accused of being spies but in reality he was innocent. And out of all the people they accused of putting US at threat, only some actually fit that description. This is similar to how USA sent japanese to internment camps because they thought they were outsiders and helping Japan during the WW2. But of course not all of them were there to harm us, some were there to build a better life and in return, USA only put them through a lot of suffering.

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The threat of espionage does not justify the actions of McCarthyism and the false accusations of communism. The fears were not valid, and the ideas of the United States is to allow anyone to think however they want. This followed the Japanese internment camps that were set on false bias where many innocent Japenese people were dragged from their lives and forced into a camp. The HUAC's actions only made the Red Scare worse than it was, spreading fears farther and to more people

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The threat of espionage does not justify the actions of McCarthy because assuming a group of people of being communist and punishing them without any further investigation does not fully solve the issue of are they a spy or not. The HUAC did a better investigation and didńt point fingers randomly.
-Castor C.

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The threat of espionage did not justify the actions from HUAC+ McCarthy because ultimately it was not successful because very few who did suffer consequences such as being assassinated or forced to resign, were actually affiliated with the Soviet Union. Most of them were innocent, and yet had to suffer as well. This is similar to post Pearl Harbor, where Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps due to paranoia of them being affiliated with the Pearl Harbor attack. Most of them however had nothing to do with the attack and yet they were being discriminated against , same with the espionage actions from HUAC and McCarthy.

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The media played a signifcant role in the Red Scare because of the amount of propaganda that was produced about both parties. People such as Senator Joseph McCarthy helped increase the Red Scare by speaking out to American citizens that some government officials might have been communist. On the other hand, the media help with the fall of the Red Scare with events such as Army-McCarthy which was televised for the public to show the actions of Senator Joseph McCarthy which ended his career by making him look like a supervilan.

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I think that the threat of espionage did not justify the actions from HUAC and McCarhy because they began taking things to the extreme. Ethel Rosenburg was a woman who was said to be a communist, even though she wasn't, and was executed. This shows that the people conducting these actions are killing innocent people even if they are not with communism.

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The role of media during this time was to report on the standings during the Cold War, and how war might be approaching. Insead media turned out to sabatage the US, McCarthy said many untrue things and made the Red Scare spread much wider and made American Citizens fear anyone with diferent ideas as them. As McCarthyism took over many were being accused of being communist and were being sent to jail or killed, just like the couple Ethel and Julius Rosenberg who were never confirmed to have sent information to the Soviet Union; where their public execution, which was broadcasted, only went to further the fears of a communist spy.

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During the height of the red scare, investigators believed communists infiltrated entertainment media and went after suspecting actors/producers. McCarthy on the other hand rambled on and pointed fingers publically to the point where he never gave proof of his findings and the situation de-escalated fairly quickly.

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The role of Media was to be able to control the information that was passed to the people. If the government was able to mandate and control the information that people saw and heard, they could also influence their mindset. Which connects back to the paranoia of espionage from the Soviet Union. Escalating the fears of the people in order for them to discriminate against people who were suspicious to not allow anymore information to be leaked to the Soviet Union.

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The threat of espionage doesnt justify the the actions of the HUAC and McCarthyism because what the U.S government wanted to stop the spread of communism in order to obtain a greater influence in the world by spreading their ideologies and values. In the Philipine-American war the U.S. and Spain got into war and America was on thre side of the Philippines because all that they wanted to obtain was democratic influence to spread cultural, political, and economic ideoligies throughout in the Phillipines and the rest of the world.

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The threat of espionage justified the actions from HUAC because these spies were a threat to the US. There were spies giving information to russia and it was okay for HUAC to act upon the information given to them. HUAC put people who were suspected to be spies on the blacklist. However, the threat of espionage did not justify the actions from McCarthy because McCarthy was using false accusations of communism and was punishing them without any investigations. We have seen this in history before with the Japanese who were accused of being spies so they were sent to internment camps.

-brisseis :)

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While Eisenhower did not openly oppose what McCarthy was doing he also did not do anything to stop the actions McCarthy was taking. "He never produced a shred of real evidence against anyone, but even those powerful enough to stop him were afraid McCarthy would turn his accusations against them if they spoke out." The only person who would be able to refute these accusations was Eisenhower who states, "I will not get in the gutter with that guy". Meaning he would leave McCarthy to do his own thing while critisizing him from a distance. This does nothing to sanction McCarthy's potential false accusations of citizens for being communist spies.

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The threat of espionage dose not justify the actions from HUAC and McCarthy because many people lost their lives. During the 1950's, many people thought that the government was infiltrated by Soviet spies. There was not enough evidence to back up this claim, but McCarthy made accusations towards communists he said were present in the government. The HUAC was than created in order to investigate government officials and communists' activity. Their action ended many innocent lives and was tragic. - Sandra

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The threat of espionage did justify the actions from HUAC but it didnt for McCarthy because it only created more fear and unjust accusations. For instance McCarthy went far as accusing others for being involved with communism without evidence. Since the U.S was very serious about the spread of communism they took no hesitation and blamed anyone. However with the HUAC, it's justified because if the point was to prevent communism from spreading, the entertainment industry could influence the whole nation. To prevent communism, the best option is to prevent entertainment industry from possibly influencing communism.

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The role of media during the Red Scare made the situation seem more severe than it truly was. The role of the media during the Red Scare, is that it was used as a way to spread propaganda to the U.S society, as a means to accuse celebrities and other people in the industry, and accused them of affiliating with the Communist Party. I think that the media simply led to a wave of false accusation, which further expanded paranoia across the u.s since so many people were being accused.

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The role of media impacted the rise and the fall of the Red Scare drastically. It helped with the rise of Red Scare because media was used by filmmakers and stars to spread propaganda. And this caused Red Channels to accuse many of the actors of supporting communism and it led to them being blacklisted. And the Red scare is basically the hunting of those supporting communism and clearly, the Red CHannels was doing just that and used media as evidence for that. However, imedia also led to the downfall because media was used to expose McCarthy and his wrong doings to everyone publicly through the Army-Mccarthy. And b doing so, everyone was able to see the issue with the Red Scare and McCarthism.

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Einshiers response of inactivity, showcases the chokehold that McCarthy had on America. Even if he didn't produce a single strand of evidence that proved his allegation, no one spoke up. Which reminds me more of a dictatorship instead of a democracy. It also reminds me of the fear that countries had of Adolf Hitler, by trying to appease him instead of pushing back against his behavior. Showcasing how leaders with enormous power do not face pushback because of the massive amount of fear centered around them. Adolf eventually killed millions of Jews because of no pushback, and McCarthy killed dozens of innocent civilians only because of baseless suspicions. Showcasing how both scenarios ended in tragedy.

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President Dwight D. Eisenhower responded to Senator Joseph McCarthy's actions by becoming unresponsive. Eisenhower viewed McCarthy as a waste of time. Also, as for the American people, Eisenhower did nothing for to alieviate the fears citizens had about the United States becoming a Communist country. Eisenhower being unresponsive believed that eventually Americans would get over their fears of Communism

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Eisenhowerś response to McCarthy was not highly effective or public, but he disagreed with McCarthyś actions and says ”he wanted to give him a long rope to hang himself”.  He didńt want to get publicly involved for he hoped that the american people would ”come to their senses” and that he(Eisenhower) would ”not get into a pissing contest with a skunk”.

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The threat of espionage did not justify the actions from HUAC and McCarthy, because it caused reckless public accusations, that was relied on guilt-by-association rather than evidence. Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy chose to accuse innocent people as being members of the Communist party, to "shore up his image to voters" and ensure his reelection. As a result, the HUAC was established to investigate Americans who might be disloyal to the government or might have associated with Communists or other radicals. Similarly to the Japanese-Americans, Americans with the Japanese descent were forced into

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The media played a huge role during the rise and fall of the Red Scare because people heavily relied on radios, newspapers, etc. to get there news and the media was able to give people just that and pass on information.

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The threat of the espionage did not justify the actions from the HUAC + McCarthy because people who weren't even communists were accused and killed for "extra precaution. " Televised through Army-McCarthy hearings, McCarthy wouldn't provide any evidence towards the accused, and instead just claimed it was "guilt by association," killing many innocent people. (comment continued v )

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The role of media in the rise and the fall of the Red Scare was to control information that U.S. citizens were listening to. Media led to the rise of the red scare because it influenced citizens into believing that communism was wrong, thus leading to an increase in the red scare since it was spreading propaganda for communism. It also led to the fall of the red scare because McCarthy began to be exposed since he was taking advantage of the red scare to rise politically to power.

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The threat of espionage does not justify the actions from HUAC + McCarthy because many innocent people were killed in the process of finding the true guilty. For example, in the Khan Academy article it discussed how many people, Ethel as a example, were being accused of being soviet spies even if they were not. There were people wrongfully being accused of actions they never committed which is truly unjust. This is similar to the actions the US took when they decided to hold discriminatory ideals across all irish immigrants. Regardless of who they were and if they were helping the economy, the US viewed all as one and were very discriminating towards them. All in all, the actions of HUAC + McCarthy were unjust.

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Eisenhower did not really do anything to prevent McCarthy from the actions he was performing. Eisenhower war encouraged to stop McCarthy but he did not. The text explains that Eisenhower talked bad about McCarthy but never actually did anything. It is possible that he did not want to be entangled in the area Scare mess as McCarthy could have blamed him for supporting communism which would’ve put Eisenhower in trouble. This is similar to the way that the government just turns a blind eye to the issues as seen when monopolies were rising. They did nothing to stop it even when they knew it was wrong similar to how Eisenhower did nothing for his own benefit.

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The threat of espionage did not justify the actions from HUAC + McCarthy. The texts claimed how during 1950, the fear that Soviet espionage were in the USA trying to harm America's democracy grew. Thus McCarthy decided to accuse those of communism of being spies and trying to harm America and he even claimed they were present but McCarthy had no evidence that people were spies and decided to punish them. While HUAC was able to gather information and put people on a blacklist and this caused many innocent people like ethel to die. This comes to show that HUAC and McCarthys actions were not justified because they were unsuccessful and created many harm. This is also similar to the interment camps set up for Japanese of American decent. These Japanese who were innocet were sent to camps to ensure that they are not spies. Yet many of them were innocent and because of these camps they lost their homes etc. This just comes to show that the actions taken by the HUAC + McCarthy were unjustified.

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The role of the Media played a significant role in the rise and fall of the Red Scare. The media decided how Americans would take in the information about communism and traitors. Media allowed the Red Scare to rise in which actors and filmakers used the media to show propaganda and this allowed the Red scare to rise in power because they were then able to blame actors and many others and put them on a blacklist. However, the media also brought Army McCarthy to an end because the public was able to see how Sen. McCarthy was doing false accustaions causing the Red Scare to come to an end. This is quite similar to the Salem Which Hunt Trials because while many women were indeed a part of this, other women were falsley accused and sentenced to death until Governer Phips put an end to these trails.

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Eisenhower's response to Sen. McCarthy's actions was useless and ineffective. Eisenhower stated that “I will not get into a pissing contest with a skunk”. This shows that Eisenhower chose to do nothing about McCarthy and decided to let McCarthy continue his actions as he judges him from afar. In addition to "give him a long rope to hang himself", Eisenhower rather judged McCarthy rather than actually taking action in stopping McCarthasim and this gave McCarthy an advantage. This reminded me of the Nazi genocide of ethnic Poles, the Nazis launched a campaign of terror against the poles to eventually destroy Polish nation and culture and many leaders of other countries disliked the idea but did nothing about it. This is similar to what Eisenhower is doing at the moment, talking negatively but failing to act showing that he was very inneffective.

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Eisenhower's response to Senator Joseph McCarthy was effective to a minimal extent since he didn't respond to the advantage that McCarthy was taking. "I will not get in the gutter with that guy, President Eisenhower reportedly said of McCarthy" (Anticommunism in the 1950s). This led McCarthy to take the actions that he took in the government and take advantage of them, due to the fact that the president or anyone didn't speak up. Thus showing that his response was ineffective.

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Media played a significant role in the rise and fall of the Red Scare because it spread a lot of propaganda and fear of the rise of communism in its audience, causing widespread arrests and blacklisting to get rid of anyone connected to the Communist party. For instance, pamphlets about how the communists invaded the entertainment industry, caused hundreds of actors to get blacklisted and arrested. All of these arrests and blacklistings, however, also gave Americans more confidence since they believed that communism was being dealt with efficiently. So even as the media increased and caused the rise of the Red Scare, it also decreased Americans' fear and caused the Red Scare to fall.

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The role of social media in the rise and fall of the red scare was to spread propaganda and prevent communism from spreading into the U.S. For instance, people who supported communism might have influenced others to join in. We know this to be true since the HUAC basically hunted individuals who were in the entertainment industry who might have been associated with communism. Since they can influence a large group of people. The media used propaganda to counter Soviet Union influence. They created a "blacklilst that included celebrities (Anticommunism in the 1950s)," which led many audiences and studios to stop supporting these celebrities. Ultimately, increasing containment of communism influence in the U.S or the fall of the red scare.

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Eisenhower's response to Senator Joseph McCarthy's actions was very minimal since he decided to stay uninvolved even though he had the power to interfere. While McCarthy continued to make accusations against "supposed communists," with no evidence, people with power such as Eisenhower didn't want to get involved because they feared that McCarthy would then accuse them of being communists. This compares to the government's laissez-faire approach during the Gilded Age, where government did not interfere in industrialization and did not do anything when it came to corruption and monopolies. However, government did not interfere because they were benefiting from the monopolies, but in this case, people with power did not act against McCarthy because they did not want any harm on themselves. Getting involved in McCarthy's accusations meant a risk in being accused as well, so Eisenhower didn't do anything with his power to stop McCarthy.

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Eisenhower's response to Senator Joseph McCarthy's actions was not effective against preventing McCarthy from blaming others for being associated with communism. Knowing that McCarthy would blame individuals who hold power without any evidence was unjust. Whenever someone was accused by McCarthy, the whole nation would be opposed to that person. And Eisenhower's response was basically saying that he would also not interfere with McCarthy which did nothing to stop his actions. Eventually "unsubstantiated accusations lived on (Anticommunism in the 1950s)." In other words, his response did little to no effect to stop McCarthy's actions.

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Eisenhower's response to McCarthy's actions was pretty nonchalant. Even though a lot of people told Eisenhower to deal with him, he did not and stated “I will not get into a pissing contest with a skunk.” He didn't want to go off on someone who would just take and return it harsher. So, he let McCarthy be and eventually McCarthy destroyed his own reputation. So, although it could've been resolved a while ago, I guess Eisenhower wanted McCarthy to see that his actions will bring his own consequences.

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Media played an important role in the rise and fall of the Red Scare. Since Americans only get American sources, they are persuaded to follow a general idea, like being anti-Communist. So, most Americans would be anti-Communist and everyone who poses a threat will be shunned by most of Americans since they are persuaded to believe that communism is a terrible plague. America has done this before, like in both of the world wars. America has painted itself to its citizens like a savior in the wars that always fights for the right side. Since Americans only see the American side, then they are forced to believe this and go against anyone with a different opinion.

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The role of the Media had an important role in the rise and the fall of the Red Scare because it showcased false propaganda from only one perspective. To begin with, the Americans showcased information from an American perspective only, limiting the people from viewing both sides of the story and fallling into the belief that communism is bad. Consequently, as all Americans saw communism as a threat and a negative force, they began to exile or get rid of any person they believe to be a communist.
This was similarly done before in propaganda for WW1, as America painted itself as the hero and the country that needs to step in to help save the world- not including any information on the details of any other country.

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I think that Eisenhower's response made zero impact, which is justifiable because of McCarthy's actions at the time. I think that he knew that mcCarthy was going overboard, and that if he were to interfere it would've just made him a potential target. That is why he rarely spoke out about it as a form of fear he had due to his actions.

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Eisenhower’s response to Senator Joseph McCarthy was ineffective as Eisenhower did not proceed with any actions of involvement. He viewed the situation and decided to not get involved, fearing in a sense that McCarthy would then falsely accuse Eisenhower as a communist. To best prevent this from occurring, Eisenhower remained quiet and did not interfere with any of McCarthy’s false accusations of people being communist. This is similarly shown in the history of the United States during the Gilded Age in which, the government remained  laissez faire regardless of what was occurring because they were benefiting from the monopolizing governments that were taking over. There was no involvement whatsoever by the government as long as they benefited and similarly so did Eisenhower in his case.