Finished up 3rd presentation,
HUAC. suspicions on communism, and whatnot.
Presentation 4- McCarthy and MacCarthyism - Go Drea!
Senetor Joe McCarthy (wisconsin). he went after communists like salem did witches.
he investigated people and released their names to the public so that even thought the government wouldnt do anything and if they didnt get arrested, people would still shun them from society without sufficient evidence to prove them so.
He identified communists as anyone who expressed sympathy to the communist cause, associates with people known to be communists; homos were communist, hollywood figures were communists, and later on upper military officials were communists.
He stuck his suspects in a little room and blackmailed them, etc, til they admitted to their crimes, even if they had committed none.
Attacknig Hollywood- he made a Blacklist of Hollywood people and released that to the public and they could no longer get jobs. he often asked people while investigating (the $64 Question) Are you or have you ever been part of the Communist Party of the United States of America? no right answer, if you got asked that question you were probably fired.
eventually he was stopped because he just had too much power. the pres and people got the situation under control. years later it turned out that althought there had been no evidence to prove so at the time, many people he convicted were communist. but many werent as well.
my turn.
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