Wednesday, May 4

Today we finished Whitney's powerpoint that we started yesterday and then got into Britney's presentation:

House Committee On Un-American Activities (HUAC):

Was created in 1938
Investigative committee in the US House of Representatives that tried to get rid of communism
President Richard Nixon was an active participant
Investigated public employees, private citizens, and organizations suspected of having communist ties
They took away people's rights and put them in jail even if they weren't lying
Used Hollywood to promote communism through propaganda movies
There were 10 days of hearings for the ten Hollywood actors they questioned
The actors were put in jail because they said they didn't know anything
HUAC even came to schools to drive out communism
They limited on-campus speakers unless they were approved by the administration first
Ended in 1975

Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism:

Got elected into the Senate but didn't do much in his first three years
Generally people liked him however
Was against death sentences given to German soldiers that committed the Malmedy Massacre in 1944
Because he didn't agree with it, he started to become unpopular
Made claims of people being communist within the government although he didn't have proof and often changed what he said
McCarthyism is used as a term to refer to people who make untrue accusations
Term came about after Joe McCarthy made multiple accusations about people in government positions being spies or communists
He also made many accusations towards army personnel none of which he was able to prove
These false statements got him in trouble
Died at age 48

China Becomes Communist/Mao Zedong:

Mao Zedong was the leader and founding father of the Republic of China
Was a commander of the Long March
Led the Communist Party of China to victory against Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalist Party in the Chinese Civil War
Chiang Kai-Shek was the leader of the Nationalist Party
Led Nationalist China in the Second-Sino Japanese War (Japanese invades China in WWII)
This severely weakened the Nationalist Party
The Chinese Civil War:
Was fought by Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalist Party and the Communist Party of China
The communists won and forced Chiang to flee to Taiwan

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