Hollywood blacklist

The soviets had sent spies into the U.S. in order to get information from them. If you were seen as one of the Reds, you would be blacklisted. Blacklisting was made due to Congress's pressure. They made the blacklist policy, and went on a banning raid. 325 people had their work banned. There were some famous people who had been blacklisted. The author of the play The Crucible was also blacklisted. The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller about a similar event…

Did you know that mob hysteria is the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd? An example of mob hysteria is from a book called, The Crucible, which says that a large group of villagers are on their toes trying to find this “witchcraftery” user. The Salem Witch Trial began during the spring of 1962, after an incident caused by a group of young girls. The McCarthy Era all started when there was a lot of communists supporters in the U.S. Another reference…

during the Red Menace. People accused each other of being a communist just on suspicion. For example, A Hollywood screen writer by the name Dalton Trumbo was accused of communist like activity. So he was put on a blacklist labeling him a suspected member of the communist party. His reputation and career was almost ruined because of these fact-less accusations. He couldn’t use his real name in Hollywood for decades. The next comparison is that of Joseph McCarthy, the Judge Danforth and how both…

The Cold War was a state of tension between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, better known as the USSR, lasting almost forty five years from 1947 to 1991. There are an abundance of reasons as to why The Cold War broke out after World War II including the fear of communism, and the competition of nuclear weapons. The Cold War also heavily impacted the United States of America politically, socially, and economically. One of the causes of The Cold War was…

As historians said, Americans were afraid of Communism after WWII, the period of time that the fear reached its height was known as the Red Scare and the Red Scare led to a range of actions that had impacts on America’s policy and society both positive and negative.[ History.com Staff “Red Scare” history.com accessed date June 4th ,2017 http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/red-scare] Then, this situation brought up a question why did they afraid of Communism? Let’s start with what Communism…

McCarthyism is a term used to describe the actions of US Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House of Un-American Committee during the span of the Second Red Scare. Lasting from 1947 to 1956, this movement was characterized by political oppression as well as a campaign led by Senator McCarthy spreading fear that America was under serious influence from the Communist party. He convinced a majority of the nation that many of those in impactful positions such as governmental figures or even the local…

In 1947, HUAC began to investigate Hollywood to examine the level of communist support and sympathy in the industry. Republicans on the committee were concerned with the sympathetic depictions of Russia by Hollywood and subversive propaganda in the films there to indoctrinate an unsuspecting public (Theoharis, Repression, 7). The committee held hearings to address these depictions…

Rallying the American people against a common enemy, the Second Red Scare or McCarthyism was a monumental event and movement in postwar and Cold War era America. It centered around the fear of communism and its influence, viewing it as a threat to democracy and American values. However, during the Red Scare, innocent individuals experienced negative consequences for being accused of being communists or communist sympathizers. So while the Red Scare increased patriotism, it also caused unjust…

Many distinguished writers including; F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, and Thomas Mann moved to Hollywood to write screenplays. The salary screenwriters earned at the time was more than most had seen in their entire lifetime. Unfortunately, the substantial pay was not enough. The monopoly turned film industry was producing films at an alarming rate,…

Have you ever had to lie in order to save your life? For most people the answer would be no but unfortunately here in the U.S in the 50’s and in 1692 the answer could have been yes. During these times McCarthyism took place and Salem witch trials. People were falsely accused of being communists or witches, and frankly it was poor evidence. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is an allegory for the McCarthy era because innocent people were being accused using poor evidence, feared being put on biased…