Bay of Pigs Invasion
- US attempt to overthrow Castro...they trained cubans who had left the country...
- US CIA began to recruit anti-Castro cuban exiles in 1960...
- The exiles flew B-26 bombers...
HUAC
- Started in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty...
- Martin Dies was the chairman of the committee...
- The HUAC thought the threat of communists in Hollywood were serious...
- In 1947 HUAC began investigating whether communists were having influence in the film industry...
- A lot of people were afraid of losing their careers and going to prison so they just accused other people of being communist...
- The Hollywood Ten apposed the HUAC because they thought that they didnt have to say anything because of the First Amendment...
- Hollywood Blacklist-which pretty much means you cant ever work in Hollywood again unless you are proven to not be communist...
- The committee was abolished in 1975...
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