https://padlet.com/177678/4rfq8e0mtwy9 A world of lies and fear. en-us 2019-05-10 14:50:19 UTC 2019-05-13 18:19:22 UTC hello@padlet.com 177678 https://padlet.com/177678/4rfq8e0mtwy9/wish/358905531 The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties.]]> 2019-05-10 14:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/177678/4rfq8e0mtwy9/wish/358905531 177678 https://padlet.com/177678/4rfq8e0mtwy9/wish/358905924 Hollywood Ten, in U.S. history, 10 motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who appeared before the House- Un American Committee in October 1947, refused to answer questions regarding their possible communist affiliations, and, after spending time in prison for Contempt of Congress, were mostly blacklisted by the Hollywood studios. The 10 were Alvah Bessie, Herbert Bibermen Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner, Jr.,John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, and Dalton Trumbo]]> 2019-05-10 14:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/177678/4rfq8e0mtwy9/wish/358905924 177678 https://padlet.com/177678/4rfq8e0mtwy9/wish/358908561 In the conclusion to one of the most spectacular trials in U.S. history, former State Department official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury. He was convicted of having perjured himself in regards to testimony about his alleged involvement in a Soviet spy ring before and during World War II, Hiss served nearly four years in jail, but steadfastly protested his innocence during and after his incarceration.]]> 2019-05-10 14:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/177678/4rfq8e0mtwy9/wish/358908561 177678 https://padlet.com/177678/4rfq8e0mtwy9/wish/358909620 Julius Rosenberg was arrested in July 1950, a few weeks after the Korean War began. He was executed, along with his wife, Ethel, on June 19, 1953, a few weeks before it ended. The legal charge of which the Rosenbergs were convicted was vague: “Conspiracy to Commit Espionage.” But in a practical sense they were held accountable for giving the so-called “secret of the atomic bomb” to the USSR.]]> 2019-05-10 15:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/177678/4rfq8e0mtwy9/wish/358909620 177678 https://padlet.com/177678/4rfq8e0mtwy9/wish/359612112 The US created the H-Bomb in 1952, the USSR created theirs in 1953. The H-bomb was created because of its power. The H bomb is x67 more powerful than an A bomb.]]> 2019-05-13 18:11:44 UTC https://padlet.com/177678/4rfq8e0mtwy9/wish/359612112 177678 https://padlet.com/177678/4rfq8e0mtwy9/wish/359613892 On 1 May 1960, a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defense Forces while performing photographic aerial reconnaissance deep into Soviet territory. The single-seat aircraft, flown by pilot Francis Gary Powers, was hit by an S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile and crashed near Sverdlovsk.]]> 2019-05-13 18:14:48 UTC https://padlet.com/177678/4rfq8e0mtwy9/wish/359613892