Second Red Scare

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fear over communism was heightened in the US by

  • Russian Revolution

  • 1st red scare

  • Stalin broke his promises of the Yalta conference

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by 1948 most Eastern European countries were

part of the iron curtain

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House Un-American Activities Committee

  • committee of US House of Representatives → investigated alleged communist activities

  • investigated Hollywood actors, directors, and writers

  • people protested against them

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Hollywood Ten

  • group of 10 motion picture producers, screenwriters, and directors called before the HUAC

  • most refused to answer and ?’s → held in contempt of Congress

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Joseph McCarthy

  • US senator from Wisconsin

  • created McCarthyism

  • made a list of 205 suspected State Dept. members he thought were communist

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McCarthy’s hearings

  • 36 days against army men in 1954 he thought were communist → televised

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Rosenberg Spy Case

  • Julius + Ethel Rosenberg

  • gave atomic bomb info + plan to the Soviets

  • tried for conspiracy to commit espionage

  • executed in 1953