Hollywood blacklist

On the surface, The Crucible by Arthur Miller appears to simply be a play about the Salem Witch Trials, but it is actually a powerful allegory pertaining to the McCarthyism era. The Crucible is a fictionalized version of the Salem Witch Trials which took place in Massachusetts in 1692 when the town of Salem accused and hanged its citizens for witchcraft. Many parallels between witches and communists appear throughout Miller’s play; when linked, they form a political commentary on Joseph McCarthy…

Like in the movie Trumbo. In the film the main character, Dalton Trumbo, was part of the Hollywood 10 who were blacklisted by the government and sent to jail. Dalton Trumbo was a Communist and the others were liberals or democrats. At the time they created a group called the House Un-American Activities Committee that would gather evidence on…

The Cold War had a very influencing impact on several different events that occurred in our society as a whole. Many antagonist beliefs occurred during this war because the Soviet Union practiced communism and authoritarianism while the Americans believed in capitalism and democracy. These two ruling supremacies worked together but also had a continuous conflict after the conclusion of WWII. The Soviet leader was Josef Stalin. Stalin was seen as another “Hitler” for intention to control all…

Government scandals have plagued our nation for many years. The Reagan Administration lead the way of one of the major scandals in our history, and the impacts of this scandal were treacherous. The trust of the people of the United States of America were what was destroyed. Reagan was believed to have been the key figure in these exchanges with Nicaraguan Contra, but he claimed to have known nothing about it. In total, 11 people were found guilty on the White House staff for many different…

Factors That Led to Post War Red Scare Tia Brown AMH 2020/2042 June 11, 2017 After World War II, an anti-communist movement emerged in the United States. This period, which was known as the Red Scare, emerged after the war in the mid-1940’s and lasted into the 1950’s. During the Red Scare, the fear of communism was prevalent both within the government and among private citizens. There were a variety of factors, both international and domestic, that led to the post war Red Scare, and…

McCarthyism had an affect on a multitude of people. It affected people in the Hollywood Motion Picture Industry like the hollywood big ten, and just any American citizen including children. The people who were questioned by HUAC were then put on a blacklist that made it extremely difficult to get a job and usually got you fired from the job you had. This list stopped people with a job in entertainment from working in…

But one was not so innocent.. The Crucible written in 1692 by Arthur Miller is a play about a group of people that were accused of worshipping the devil and the accusations made by others. The Crucible is also known as the Salem Witch Trials. The Red Scare began in 1945 in which many Americans believed that spies had access to the American government. This lead to the fear of many Americans. A story that can explain the meaning to reveal a hidden meaning is known as an allegory. The Crucible is…

industry. The reason behind these calculated attacks were carefully brought out to strike fear into this upper class elite to show that these people are not untouchable. After exposing multiple cases involving film stars and directors, such as the “Hollywood Ten”, McCarthy began to truly build his legacy as the man who incited the Red Scare paranoia in the United…

The FBI is a federal law enforcement agency. Its primary function is to insure our national security. It operates under The Department of Justice. The FBI has many different departments, each of those tasked with different responsibilities. How the people for these jobs are trained is very important because they hold the protection of civilians in their hands. The question then, is our FBI properly trained to do so? The FBI goes through intense training before they are allowed to do the jobs…

Childhood On July 6, 1921, Anne Frances Robbins was born in New York City, she was an only child to Kenneth Robbins, a salesman, and Edith Luckett Robbins, an aspiring actress. From an early age, Anne acquired the nickname “Nancy”. During Nancy’s infancy, her father Kenneth left the marriage, leading to Edith to send her daughter to be raised by her aunt and uncle, Virginia and C. Audley Galbraith, in Bethesda, Maryland. While there, Nancy attended Sidwell Friends School. Her aunt would also…