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A list of 10 people in Hollywood who were blacklisted by the HUAC.
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Executive order 9835 established a general loyalty order and screenings for government workers. -
Alger Hiss is called to appear against the HUAC after being accused of spying by former Soviet spy Whittaker Chambers.
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The China Aid Act was an attempt to quell social unrest and economic turmoil in China. -
McCarthy accuses that hundreds of communists had infiltrated the state committee, deepening national fear. -
The McCarran act created a register for communist organizations in the US that denied them jobs and passports. -
Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury for lying under oath about his connection to a soviet spy.
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The Rosenbergs, a Jewish couple, were accused of passing atomic secrets to the USSR. The Rosenburgs were found guilty and executed. -
The Refugee Relief Act allowed Chinese refugees to get an American education if they agreed to settle in the US. -
The US senate voted 67-22 to censure McCarthy after his tactics had been exposed. -
The US army accused senator McCarthy of trying to pressure them into giving special treatment to a former aid.
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The US army accused senator McCarthy of trying to pressure them into giving special treatment to a former aid.
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Reversed the convictions of 14 communist party leaders, and set the precedent that prosecution must have proof of actions attempting to overthrow the government.