This is a history of the House Un-American Activities Committee‚ with a particular interest in the “friendly” witnesses. Ellen Schrecker‚ Many are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America (Boston: Little‚ Brown‚ 1998). Schrecker explores the impact of anticommunism in the United States from the first Red Scare until the end of McCarthyism. In doing so‚ she also offers a history of the Communist Party in the United States. Lynn Spigel‚ Make Room for TV: Television and the Family Ideal in Postwar
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The Cold War Era was a time in history where there was hostility between many different countries. The one most notable was the hostility between the Soviet Union and United States‚ the fight between Communism and Capitalism. As the most dominant country the U.S. offered assistance to countries threatened by Communism. They felt that Communism was wrong and was not the right way to run a government. Between the years 1945 and 1980 the United States and Soviet Union’s relationship was ruined‚ which
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The Cold War‚ 1949-1963 25.1 American Commitment to Cold War: National Security Council Document 68 1. How NSC-68 influenced America’s response to Communist North Korea’s invasion of South Korea in June 1950 and to Communist expansion in Southeast Asia in the 1960s. The NSC-68 called for military assistance programs that would meet the requirements of our allies. Since South Korea was an ally‚ we assisted them in repelling the invasion of another communist nation. This help for South Korea
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Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Another factor of the containment policy was the Soviet Union’s rejection of the Marhsall plan. Containment started in 1949 with the Truman Doctrine. The development of the Truman Doctrine initiated in February of 1947 when England‚ weakened by an unprofitable economy‚ informed the United States that it could no longer afford to supply military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey. This doctrine asked Congress to provide assistance to Greece and Turkey and support
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pulled books that were considered too leftist from their shelves. The banned volumes included such classics as Robin Hood‚ Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience‚ and John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. The post-war Red Scare is often called “McCarthyism‚” a name derived from one of the era’s most notorious anti-Communists‚ Senator Joseph McCarthy. Yet the anti-Communist crusade of the late 1940s and 1950s extended both in time and scope well beyond the activities of the junior senator from Wisconsin
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and goods by the community as a whole. President Harry Truman issued the truman doctrine on March 1947 which did not allowing communism to spread. Dixiecrats‚ opposed Truman and felt that the government had no right to get involved. By 1945 HUAC was established‚was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives‚ the main purpose was to reveal communists in the U.S. In July 1947 the Marshall Plan was established which basical poured money to Japan and Europe it benefited
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November 11‚ 2007‚ from http://archer2000.tripod.com/1990.html Davidson‚ Gienapp‚ Heyrman‚ Lytle‚ & Stoff (2005). Nation of Nations: A Concise Narrative of the American Republic (5th ed) History.com (2007). History Channel Exhibits: The Fifties. McCarthyism: The Enemy at Home. Retrieved November 9‚ 2007‚ from
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A public statement was issued for the benefit of the leaders of the bigger sized studios that came to be alluded to as the Waldorf Statement. This occurred on November 25‚ 1947‚ by Eric Johnston‚ President of the Motion Picture Association of America. This announcement reported the terminating of the Hollywood Ten and expressed:"We will not knowingly employ a Communist or a member of any party or group which advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States[...]". This denoted the start
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Arthur Miller once spoke the very wise words that "maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets." Words that rang true in most of his plays. ’’Death of a Salesman’’‚ ’’All My Sons’’‚ ’’The Crucible’’‚ besides being personal tragedies are also commentaries on society. Stories that transcended themselves from being personal to being able to speak in one way or form and hit home to all. Arthur Miller didn’t write make believe or fairytales‚ he wrote about reality
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World War II left much of the world in dire political and economic straits. This‚ coupled with the fear of a nuclear holocaust‚ the spread of communism and the unknown‚ created a political environment full of fear that was ripe for the rise of McCarthyism. As troops returned from World War II‚ the United States enjoyed unprecedented power and President Truman initiated a number of actions to protect against the spread of communism. He specifically was involved in the Marshall Plan‚ the Truman
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