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Subversion

A systematic attempt to overthrow a government by using persons working secretly from within.

Loyalty Review Program

A policy established by President Truman that authorized the screening of all federal employees to determine their loyalty to the U.S. government

Subversion

A systematic attempt to overthrow a government by using persons working secretly from within.

Loyalty Review Program

A policy established by President Truman that authorized the screening of all federal employees to determine their loyalty to the U.S. government

Alger Hiss

A former State Department official who was accused of being a Communist spy and was convicted of perjury. The case was prosecuted by Richard Nixon.

Perjury

Lying under oath.

McCarran Act

Required all communist organizations to register with the government and to provide lists of members.

Mccarthyism

Eponymous term associated with the search for communists in America during the early 1950s. The senator from Wisconsin was the leader of the House Un-American Activities Committee.

Censure

Harsh criticism or disapproval.

Fallout

Radioactive particles dispersed by a nuclear explosion.

Fallout shelter

A place where people could go in the event of a nuclear war to be protected from radiation.