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Senator McCarthy Claims Communist Infiltration

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What is McCarthyism? And how did it happen? - Ellen Schrecker

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Once the Soviets succsefully made the H-Bomb in less than a year after the Americans had many people began to fear an atomic attack at any time. This lead to the building of bomb shelters. Families trained for an attack, and children where told to "duck and cover" during an attack at school

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Cold War for Kids: "Duck and Cover" Film to Prepare US Children for Atomic War (1951)

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After hundreds of trials McCarthy ultimately lost popular support due to his brash accusations. Eager to gain back political status he began to accuse lawyers in courts. By doing so his reputation was questioned as many began to ask "Have you no sense of decency"? A year later senate passed a formal dissapproval of McCarthy and he lost all influence.

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Alger Hiss was a diplomat who served in Roosevelt's administration, attended Yalta, and took part in the creation of the UN. Hiss was accused by Whittaker Chambers, a former Communist Party member, of being given secret documents from the State Department. Having denied the accusations, the investigation was almost dropped until Chambers produced secret papers to prove that Hiss was lying. Hiss was convicted of perjury in 1950.

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The Hollywood 10- HUAC Blacklist During the Cold War

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Trumbo

Premiere date: September 1, 2009 | 0:00:48

This archival footage, captured on October 28, 1947, shows writer Dalton Trumbo providing his testimony in front of the U.S. government's notorious House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), an investigative committee of the House of Representatives with strong and widely known anti-Communist and anti-Leftist stances. The Committee asks Trumbo if he is in any way affiliated with the Communist Party and Trumbo defiantly refuses to address their concern.

The writer's fellow Hollywood elite, including actors Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, can be seen craning their necks in full attention at the hearing, while members of the press type away at their table.

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Dalton Trumbo | Dalton Trumbo's HUAC Testimony | American Masters | PBS

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Premiere date: September 1, 2009 | 0:00:48 This archival footage, captured on October 28, 1947, shows writer Dalton Trumbo providing his testimony in front of the U.S. government's notorious House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), an investigative committee of the House of Representatives with strong and widely known anti-Communist and anti-Leftist stances.

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Established by President Truman in early 1937 following the speech that announced the Truman Doctrine. The LRP was meant to screen all federal employees, which confirmed fears that Communists had infiltrated the government. The term "loyalty" was difficult to define- some government employees were fired without proper evidence, whereas others quit from fear.

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Many people believed that the Soviets could not have produced the atomic bomb on their own. This lead may Americans to go on the hunt for spies. One such couple that was arrested was Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were a member of the New York Communist party. They were charged and killed for espionage. However many people did not agree with this sentence and believed the Rosenbergs to be victims instead of communist leaders.

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Pop culture in the era of the Cold War was heavily influenced by the military tension between the United States and the Soviet union. Particularly, the genre of music that was popular in this era was greatly impacted by the anxieties and concerns of citizens.

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It's Everybody's Business | Cold War Era Propaganda Cartoon on Capitalism & Free Enterprise | 1954

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Senator Joseph R. McCarthy increased his power by using people's fear of communism. He believed that the democrats were protecting the communists. He claimed that there were communist spies in the government. He destroyed many democrats careers by doing this.

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the house un-american activities committee formed in 1938 to investigate both communist and fascist activities