It had decade long influence on domestic and foreign policies, cultural, political and economic aspects of American society. There were many events that were directly resulted from the Cold War. Propaganda being the weapon of choice during the Cold war influenced Hollywood movies agencies to create anticommunist movies. This resulted in a repetitive series of movies that helped to ignite a spirit of patriotism. However, it also helped to raise suspicion of communist activity in America. The anticommunist sentiment grew extremely out of control and worked against Hollywood actors and actresses during the HUAC hearings against suspected communists in Hollywood. McCarthyism played a huge role in the anticommunist sentiment. Senator Joseph McCarthyism used false accusation and fear to carry out aggressive investigation before the government or committees and agencies. Due to this many actor and actresses were blacklisted, fired and their civil rights were
It had decade long influence on domestic and foreign policies, cultural, political and economic aspects of American society. There were many events that were directly resulted from the Cold War. Propaganda being the weapon of choice during the Cold war influenced Hollywood movies agencies to create anticommunist movies. This resulted in a repetitive series of movies that helped to ignite a spirit of patriotism. However, it also helped to raise suspicion of communist activity in America. The anticommunist sentiment grew extremely out of control and worked against Hollywood actors and actresses during the HUAC hearings against suspected communists in Hollywood. McCarthyism played a huge role in the anticommunist sentiment. Senator Joseph McCarthyism used false accusation and fear to carry out aggressive investigation before the government or committees and agencies. Due to this many actor and actresses were blacklisted, fired and their civil rights were