The Cold War at Home by Norma Acosta https://padlet.com/1774431/ytodk4r5g9k5 Made with fortitude en-us 2019-05-10 14:38:25 UTC 2023-03-05 02:24:16 UTC hello@padlet.com HUAC 1774431 https://padlet.com/1774431/ytodk4r5g9k5/wish/358901807 The HUAC is the House Un-American Activities Committee. It was created to investigate any disloyalty and subversive activities from private citizens.
House Un-American Activities Committee, www2.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/huac.cfm.]]> 2019-05-10 14:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1774431/ytodk4r5g9k5/wish/358901807 Hollywood 10 1774431 https://padlet.com/1774431/ytodk4r5g9k5/wish/358904152 10 motion-picture produces,directors and actors refused to testify on communism. They went to prison.
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Hollywood Ten.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 9 Aug. 2016, www.britannica.com/topic/Hollywood-Ten.]]> 2019-05-10 14:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/1774431/ytodk4r5g9k5/wish/358904152 Alger Hiss Case 1774431 https://padlet.com/1774431/ytodk4r5g9k5/wish/358905883 Alger Hiss was a worker in the government who was accused of being a Soviet Spy in 1948. Although, he was never caught for spying, they arrested him for perjury. Perjury means to swear a false oath.
Alger Hiss - Google Search, g.co/kgs/VjXPak.
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]]> 2019-05-10 14:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1774431/ytodk4r5g9k5/wish/358905883 Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Case 1774431 https://padlet.com/1774431/ytodk4r5g9k5/wish/359584836 Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were a couple who committed espionage for the Soviet Union. They were tried and their penalty was death with the electric chair. They had two children who were left orphans.
“The Rosenberg Trial.” Atomic Heritage Foundation, 25 Apr. 2018, www.atomicheritage.org/history/rosenberg-trial.]]> 2019-05-13 17:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/1774431/ytodk4r5g9k5/wish/359584836 Joseph McCarthy and McCarthyism 1774431 https://padlet.com/1774431/ytodk4r5g9k5/wish/359586331 Joseph McCarthy was an American politician who served as the Republican U.S Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until 1957.
McCarthyism is a tactic of making accusations of subversion or treason without evidence.
Editors, History.com. “Joseph McCarthy.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 29 Oct. 2009, www.history.com/topics/cold-war/joseph-mccarthy.]]> 2019-05-13 17:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1774431/ytodk4r5g9k5/wish/359586331 The H-Bomb, when did each nation get it and how is it different from the A-Bomb 1774431 https://padlet.com/1774431/ytodk4r5g9k5/wish/359663918 The H-Bomb is the hydrogen bomb. Russia got the H-Bomb in August 12, 1953. The H-Bomb is different than the A-Bomb because the atomic bomb uses either uranium or plutonium and relied on fission. A hydrogen bomb needs deuterium or tritium.
“Cold War: A Brief History.” The Hydrogen Bomb | Cold War: A Brief History | History of the Atomic Age, www.atomicarchive.com/History/coldwar/page04.shtml.]]> 2019-05-13 20:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/1774431/ytodk4r5g9k5/wish/359663918 U-2 Spy Plane Incident 1774431 https://padlet.com/1774431/ytodk4r5g9k5/wish/359665777 On May 1, 1960 a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviets. The pilots name was Francis Gary Powers. He survived the attack. The only casualty was from the Soviet side.
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “U-2 Incident.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 28 Apr. 2019, www.britannica.com/event/U-2-Incident.]]> 2019-05-13 20:33:37 UTC https://padlet.com/1774431/ytodk4r5g9k5/wish/359665777