House Un-American Activities Committee

In the McCarthy era, the fear of communism spread to the United States as more countries turned communist. This led to many Americans being accused of being communists and forced to go on trial, possibly facing harsh punishments. The Salem Witch Trials started with one person being accused of witchcraft (Tituba). This fear of witchcraft eventually spun out of control, leading to…

Blacklisted Biberman gave a “realistic portrayal of a Mexican American mining strike” (Michalczyk). In Bosley Crowther’s review of the film he notes how it is surprising to find that it is simply strongly pro-labor with a “particularly sympathetic interest in the Mexican-Americans with whom it deals” considering that it “occasioned controversy and violence when it was being made.” In “The Suppression of Salt of the Earth…

time wrought with anxiety about Communism and those who committed actions that were seen as “un-American.” The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) investigated average citizens who were thought to have Communist affiliations, but they frequently went after those in the entertainment industry. In addition to those in the entertainment industry, Jewish people found themselves targeted by other Americans. At this time around 50 to 60 anti-Semitic groups existed and Jewish people were…

The New York Times journalist, Sam Roberts, in the article, “A Decade of Fear” published in 2010 addresses the topic of the Red Scare and how it illustrates how McCarthyism turned Americans against each other after WWII due to threat posed by the Soviets and false accusations of the American government being infiltratred of communists.During the 20th century and after the Cold War, the ideas of democracy were being undermined by those of communism. On February 9th 1950, a statement made by…

raised American fears about communism coming…

accusations and rumors were used as evidence to condemn the suspected communist. The McCarthy Hearings and The House Committee on Un-American Activist (HUAC) both had to do with communist. The House Committee on Un-American Activist (HUAC) was ran by a special committee member named Martin Dies. HUAC was established in 1938 for the purpose of exposing communist (“HUAC”).The House Un-American…

market crash of October 1929, which wiped out millions of investors. Consumer spending and investment dropped causing millions of Americans to become unemployed. Because of many unemployed workers, Franklin D. Roosevelt created the New Deal program to fund theatre and other live artistic performances. The federal Theatre Project (FTP) was created not only as a cultural activity, but as a relief measure to employ artists, writers, directors, and theatre workers. The FTP unfortunately failed when…

that many Americans learned to stay clear of. Communism is known by definition as, a political and economic ideology that aims to replace private property with public ownership. (Communism) Living in capitalist America, this system would remove many freedoms we enjoy as Americans. One of the ways communism directly affected americans was through the Cold War. Although the Cold War, was a global conflict between capitalist United States and communist USSR, it also negatively impacted American…

famous people, and normal citizens of being communist in hiding. Arthur Miller wouldn’t release the names of his friends or co-workers that were communist or involved in the communist movement. “Playwright Arthur Miller defies the House Committee on Un-American Activities and refuses to name suspected communists. Miller’s defiance of McCarthyism won him a conviction for contempt of court, which was later reversed by the Supreme court . His passport had already been denied when he tried to go to…

Joseph McCarthy was was born in 1908 in the Town of Grand Chute in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. McCarthy was an American Politician who served as a U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until 1957. McCarthy died on May 2, 1957 the cause for his death was acute hepatitis. In the 1950’s, the Red Scare was fueled by right-wing charges concerning American communists, communist sympathizers, citizens who were thought to be unwittingly assisting the communist native attempts to achieve…