It investigated alleged disloyalty/subversive activities/suspected communists & their friends

House Un-Amercan Activities Committee

a group that is disapproved of, punished, fired, boycotted

The McCarran Internal Security Act

required all comm. organizations to register with the gov't

using spies to obtain information about a foreign gov

Julius & Ethel Rosenberg

US citizens executed for espionage for the USSR.

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McCarthyism & The Red Scare in the USA

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IB History Cold War in the Americas: McCarthyism & The Red Scare

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Director,FBI, 1924-72: used it to harass people & had secret files on political leaders
J Edgar Hoover
Joe McCarthy
Alger Hiss
Julius Rosenberg
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It investigated alleged disloyalty/subversive activities/suspected communists & their friends
House Un-Allied to Communists Committee
House Un-Amercan Activities Committee
House Unilaterally Arrogant Committee
House Undecided about Alligators and Crocodiles Committee
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Blacklist
a group that is investigated and scrutinized
a group that is preferred, promoted, and protected
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a group that is disapproved of, punished, fired, boycotted
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US Senator from WI who fueled Cold War tensions and led HUAC til 1954
Joseph McCarthy
J Edgar Hoover
Julius Rosenberg
Alger Hiss
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1947: Truman signed US Exec. Ord. 9835, to root out communism in the U.S. federal government.
The Federal Loyalty Program
The Red Scare
The Cold Cut
The Blacklist
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Writers, producers, and performers accused of injecting Communist propaganda into their films:
The Getalong Gang
The Hollywood Square
The Blacklist
The Hollywood Ten
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a systematic attempt to overthrow a gov't or political system by working secretly from within
Submission
Subversion
Simplification
Submersion
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A campaign against alleged communists in the US govt and other institutions in the 1940-50s
Blacklisting
The Red Scare
McGruffism
McCarthyism
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The McCarran Internal Security Act
required all Hollywood producers to register with the gov't
required all comm. organizations to register with the gov't
required all arts organizations to register with the gov't
required all Russian-speakers to register with the gov't
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Espionage
spies taking over the government of a foreign nation
using regular people 2 obtain information about other people
using spies to obtain information about a foreign gov
using secrecy to obtain information about a foreign leader
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Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
US citizens executed for espionage for the USSR.
US citizens jailed for espionage for the Soviet Union.
US citizens executed in the USSR for espionage for the US.
US citizens jailed in the USSR for espionage for the US.
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hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. late 1940s-50s
The Red Bandit
The Red Scare
The Red Smear
The Red Lobster

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