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The Era of Mccarthy

Published on Nov 19, 2015

McCarthyism and The House Un-American Activities Committee

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The Era of Mccarthy

and the House Un-American Activities Committee
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The Second red Scare

  • After WWII
  • The Soviet Union
  • Communism
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HUAC

  • House Un-American Activities Committee
  • Blacklist
  • Lost jobs
  • Hollywood Ten
  • Edward Dmytryck
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Joseph McCarthy

  • Corrupt Senator
  • Popular in begininging
  • Investigated in the military
  • Made over 2,000 government employees lose their jobs
  • McCarthyism - reckless accusations unsupported by evidence
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Rosenberg Spy Scandal

  • Julius, wife, brother, brother's coworker
  • Nuclear weapons
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Fun facts

  • Did find some real spies for Soviet Union 
  • Sometimes would feed false info to spies 
  • SSR spent millions of dollars 

Sophia Russo