Continued presentation
Bay of Pigs Invasion was also known as La Batalla de Giron
Unsuccessful attempt by CIA trained force exiled Cubans to overthrow Fidel
Cubans had support from US government at the time
April of 1960 the CIA started recruiting anti-Castron Cuban exiles until July of 1960
Upseppa Island was where the CIA trained the recruits
Specialist training was at Fort Gulick and Fort Clayton in Panama
Infantry training was at CIA base-JMTrax
Exiles called themselves the Brigade-2506
Summer in 1960, an airfield was constructed to help in flight training for the exiled anti-Castros
CIA used Douglas C-54 transports to take the anti-Castros to Cuba
Beginning of 1961 Cuba's army possessed a Soviet designed T-34 and IS-2 tank and SU-100 tank destroyer and many other heavy artillery weapons and planes to fight with
The Cuban security apparatus knew an incoming invasion because of their secret intelligence network including "loose" talk by members of he brigade
March 11, 1961 Castro ally American William Alexander Morgan was executed
April 3, 1861, bomb attacks on militia
April 17 at midnight, Bay of Pigs Invasion began
Cuban militia fought back after their Navy had been fired and injured badly because the militia men never fought before
Invasion lasted almost four days and 176 men were killed
House Commitee on UN-American Activities by Nathan
Created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty
Chairman of Committee was Martin Dies
They questioned private citizens, public employees, and other organizations of having communist ties
HUAC often pressured witnesses to surrender names
Their activities commanded broad popular support
Their way of questioning and examining techniques were then used by Senator Jospeh McCarty
HUAC thought Communist threat in the film was real serious
1497, they started investigating the Hollywood Motion Picture Industry
They were looking if Communists were planting propaganda in US films
They thought Hollywood was brain washing people in movies by making communism seems fine
September 1947, HUAC interviewed 41 people who were working in Hollywood
They named people who they accused of holding left wing views
People were afraid of going to prison so they blamed other people of being communists
Hollywood Ten was the most famous group of blacklisted individuals
Citing the First Amendment, they didn't ask any questions so they were put in jail by the government and blacklisted by Hollywood
Over 300 Hollywood writers, directors, actors, etc. were blacklisted
Writers began to work by using fake names as for actors they couldn't act on TVs so they couldn't work
Work of the committee continued to decline in importance throughout late 1950s
1959, President Harry S. Truman said it was the most unAmerican thing in the country today
1969, committee was renamed the House Internal Security Committee
1975, Committee was abolished
Erin's presentation- Joe McCarthy and Communism
Republican
1944 Campaigned (active duty)
Attacked La Follette
"Congress Needs a Tailgunner! "
Popular first 3 years, but was eventually voted "worst US senator" currently in office
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