1. The Red Scare was hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. during the Cold War
2. Americans also felt the effects of the Red Scare on a personal level, and thousands of alleged communist sympathizers saw their lives disrupted. They were hounded by law enforcement, alienated from friends and family and fired from their jobs
3. HUAC was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and rebel activities on the part of private citizens, public employees and organizations suspected of having Communist ties. Citizens suspected of having ties to the communist party would be tried in a court of law.
4. 1954, during the height of the McCarthy era's "Red Scare," Congress voted to add the phrase "under God." The legislative history of the act explains that the change served "to deny the atheistic and materialistic concepts of communism with its attendant subservience of the individual."
5. Hollywood Ten, in U.S. history, 10 motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in October 1947, refused to answer questions regarding their possible communist affiliations
6. The blacklist involved the practice of denying employment to entertainment industry professionals believed to be or to have been Communists or sympathizers.
What was Senator Joseph McCarthy's role in the movement?
He is known for alleging that numerous communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers had infiltrated the United States federal government, universities, film industry, and elsewhere. Ultimately, the smear tactics that he used led him to be censured by the U.S. Senate.
