Bay of Pigs Invasion
tis was in unsuccessful attempt by CIA trained force exiled Cubans to overthrow Fidel Castro.
In April of 1960, the US CIA began to recruit anti-Castro Cuban exiles
this recruiting happened until July of 1960
Upseppa Island was where the training of these anti-castro crban's was taking place
Specialist training took place at Fort Gulick in Panama and at fort Clayton in Panama
Ifantry training tyook place in a CIA ran bas known as JMTrax
the exiles called themselves- brigade 2506
in the summer of 1960, an airfield was constructed to help in fighting
The CAI used Douglas C-54 transports to take the anticastro cubans to cuba at night to cuba from base located in Florida
the cuban security apparatus knew that an invasion was coming becaue of thier secdret intelligance network but didn't knowwhere it was going to happen because they didn't want castro to get mad at them for not knowing where it is
On March 11, 1961, former CAstro ally American William Alexander Morgan was executed
On April 3, 1961 a bomb attack on militia barracks in LBayomo killed foru men and injured eight more
on the night of April 16/17, the pay of Pigs invasion began
thi envasion lasterd about three almost four days and 17 men were killed in action
The invasion didn't work.
House Committee on Unamerican Activities(HUAC)
Created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty
teh chairman of the committee was Marten Dies
would question private citizens, publec emplyees, and other organizations suspected of having Communist ties
HUAC oftedn pressued witneses to surrender names
HUAC's activities commanded broad popular support
HUAC's questioning style and examination techniques were later used by Senation Joseph McCarthy
Investigation of Hollywood
the HUAc thought the threat of communests inthe film industry was a serious one
in 1947 began invesigation the Hollywood Motion Picture Industtry
Investigated whether Commnists were plantign propaganda in US films
In September of 1967, the HUAC inter viewed 41 people who were workiong in Hollywood
they named people who they accused of Holding leftwing views
a lot of peopel wer afraid to go to prison so they accused other people of being communist
the most famous fgroup of blacklisted individuals was known as the Hollywood ten
They din;t answer any questions, citing the first amendment
they were failed by the government and blacklisted by Hollywood
over 300 other Hollywood writers, actors, directors, etc. were blacklisted
writers continued to work by using pseudonyms
However actors could not change their faces,m so the could not work
the work of the committtee continued to decleine in importance throughout the late 1950's
in 1959 former president Harry S. Truman sied it was the "most un-american thing in the country today"
the committee was renamed the House Internal
Senator Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism
November 14, 1908, McCartrhy was born
drooped out of school at 14 to help family
strted back at 20, one year
engineering, the law
Rebublican
Campaigned 1944
attacked La Follette
"ongress Needs a Tail-Gunner"
Beat out Houward McMurray 61.2% - 37.3%
popular first three years
eventually voted "orst US senator" currentley in office.
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