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HUAC Investigation
Its goal was to explore possible Communist influence in the American film industry. -
The Smith Act
Made it a crime to overthrow the US Government or to belong to an organization that did so. -
Soviet Union Possess Atomic Bomb
While flying over the North Pacific Ocean, U.S. aircraft picked up signs of unusual radioactivity in the atmosphere. In September, Truman issued a statement that confirmed that the Soviet Union had "denotated" an atomic bomb. -
Senator Joseph McCarthy
McCarthy delievered a speech before a republican women's group, discussing the dangers of communisum -
The McCarran Act
This act required Communist orgaizations register with the government and establish a special board to investigate communist involvment -
New Highways
During the 1950s the US launched a building project: the interstate highway system. -
Television
Coast-to-coast LIVE television is broadcasted! -
New Bombs
They sucessfully made a weapon that could more easily be delievered to enemy targets. -
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration was established -
Civil Rights Act
The civil rights act forbidded discrimination of all sorts
