C. European religious minorities were persecuted in large numbers.
Explanation:
The Protestant Reformation was a religious revolution that took place in the sixteenth century, when leaders like Martin Luther and John Calvin began to question actions from the Roman Catholic Church;<u><em> during this process </em></u><u><em>European religious minorities</em></u><u><em> such as Anabaptists, Mennonites and Hutterites </em></u><u><em>were persecuted </em></u><u><em>as an effort to shut down ideas that were different from those of the Roman Catholic Church, </em></u><u><em>religious minorities were seen as heretics,</em></u><u><em> this movement is known as </em></u><u><em>Anti-Protestantism</em></u><u>. </u>
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.
The creator of the idea of Communism, Karl Marx, did not publicly express his theory about the economic system until the release of the Communist Manifesto in 1848. By then, the Industrial Revolution had long passed with communism rising from the unexpected consequences of innovation.