"Red-baiting," McCarthyism, and anti-subversive legislation(late 1940s and 1950s); describe The Alger Hiss case(1950) and the Rosenberg case(1951-53)
a) describe the "Politics of Anticommunism," the "Red Scare." HUAC, and their impacts on American society.
b) Describe the cases of Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs.
c) How did the Republican Party use "McCarthyism" to weaken the Democratic Party and strengthen its ties to working-class American?
d) Describe the downfall of Senator Joseph McCarthy and McCarthyism's lasting influences on the conservative movement in the United States.