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HUAC ( The House Un-American Activities Committee) was an investigation committee of the U.S. This committee was created to stop all undercover Communism in the U.S or band anything that supported Communism.

Vincent Mancino and Michael Vasquez.

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McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of communists without any proper evidence. It also means the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism. -Savya and Kyle

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This investigated possible communist activity both inside and outside the U.S.

-Jessica L., Makayla C.

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Keaton Clark/ Fred Baysah

The blacklist was the removal of Russian or Russian decent in hollywood. This included actors, writers, directors etc. This act started after the Hollywood 10 was announced.

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Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union caused a great fear of a nuclear attack upon the American people

-Gavin and Quian

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During the era of McCarthyism , senator Joseph McCarthy took it upon himself to expose those he believed were communist sympathizers and supporters. He accused people that were innocent, based on little to no evidence.

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My topic was blacklist. Back then many producers, actors, and writer were fired and their careers were ruined because they were communist. The meme represents this because the character is known as having bad luck.

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McCarthy was a player in the race to remove communism from the US by jailing all suspected communists. McCarthy jailed many people that were not true communists but had communist backgrounds or ties.

-Sean Reed and Jalen Childers

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McCarthy believed that he was protecting the US from communist influence by rooting out "communists". He was the face of US fear against communist subversion.

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The Hollywood ten involved unfriendly witnesses that were called to testify but refused because they believed the hearings were unconstitutional. They were then sent to prison.

Abby Herrmann and Jasmine Cox

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Alger Hiss was a Soviet Spy. Nixon gained a lot of fame from pursuing the charges against him. From all this fame he become really popular. Then, in the 60s he became president

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HUAC investigated Communist influence in the movie industry. Their controversial tactics contributed to the fear and distrust of the anticommunist hysteria. -Brooke, Heather, and Savannah.

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The US established air boundaries with Russia and then sent spy planes anyway. It resulted in the plane being shot down and the pilot being imprisoned for ten years. It's funny because it's a "scumbag" move by the US. -Misti Johnson and Connor Polich