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"McCarthyism: The Fight for America"
Goal: Students will be able to summarize McCarthy’s arguments for publicly exposing Communists.
Objectives:
1) Students will analyze an excerpt from McCarthy’s 1950 publication McCarthyism: The Fight for America.
2) Students will be able to define the term Communism in writing.
3) Students will be able to list the three possible methods McCarthy cites for exposing Communists.
4) Students will be able to describe in writing an example given by McCarthy to show his success.
5) Students will speculate about the effects the fall of
6) Students will be able to summarize in writing McCarthy’s response to those who criticized his methods.
7) Students will anticipate potential pitfalls that could be associated with McCarthy’s style.
8) Students will state their own opinions about the stated method.
Read the below excerpt from Chapter II of McCarthyism: The Fight for America by Joseph McCarthy.
1) What is Communism? Look up the definition in the dictionary and summarize it here.
2) What three possible methods does McCarthy list for exposing Communists?
3) What reason(s) does he give for publicly exposing people he suspects of being Communists?
4) Describe an example used by McCarthy to show the success of this method.
5) In 1949, the Communist Soviet Union successfully tested its first atomic bomb and in that same year,
6) How does McCarthy propose to turn things around and begin winning the war against Communism?
7) How does McCarthy respond to those who agree with his aim of getting Communists out of government, but not with his methods?
8) Can you think of any problems that might arise from publicly accusing suspected Communists? If so, what would they be?
9) Do you agree with McCarthy that public exposure is the best method? Why or why not?
10) Would your opinion change if you were living during a time when many people feared a Communist attack on the
Book Excerpt from Chapter II of McCarthyism: The Fight for America by Joseph McCarthy, 1952.
