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Potsdam Conference
Churchill, Stalin, and Truman met at Potsdam, Germany to discuss terms for the end of WWII. However, this ended in a disagreement and left the countries feeling betrayed. -
HUAC tries the Hollywood Ten
The HUAC accused ten people working in Hollywood of supporting communism. They were sentenced to prison and were banned from working in Hollywood studios. -
Alger Hiss
Hiss, an American government official, was sentenced to five years in prison after being accused of being a Soviet spy. -
McCarthy's Wheeling speech
Joseph McCarthy stated that he had a list of 205 communists working in the American State Department. Although this wasn't true, it sparked McCarthyism. -
Ed Murrow
Murrow went after McCarthy directly by helping stop anticommunist movements led by McCarthy and he showed Americans the environment of fear that McCarthy and the HUAC had created. -
McCarthy- Army hearings
Starting in April, McCarthy said that the army was being soft on communism and opened hearings into his charges against the army. -
The end of McCarthyism
The senate censured McCarthy bringing McCarthyism to a halt.