Fair Deals and Dirty Tricks: Truman, McCarthy, and the Politics of Paranoia Reform Revolt and Reaction Lecture Five: Term 1 Week 7.

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Fair Deals and Dirty Tricks: Truman, McCarthy, and the Politics of Paranoia Reform Revolt and Reaction Lecture Five: Term 1 Week 7

The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) First established in 1938 to investigate “subversive and un- American propaganda” From 1947 targeted Hollywood and universities The “Hollywood Ten”

Alger Hiss Accused of being a spy by Whittaker Chambers (1948) Convicted of perjury Jan 1950 Prosecution led by Richard Nixon

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Arrested 1950 for conspiracy to pass atomic secrets to the Soviet Union Trial 1951 Executed 1953 for treason VENONA project

Senator Joseph McCarthy Republican from Wisconsin 9 Feb 1950 Wheeling, West Virginia Speech Created atmosphere of fear and paranoia Army-McCarthy hearings (1954)

Anti-Communism and Hollywood The Red Menace (1949) I Married a Communist (1950) On the Waterfront (1954) Invasion of the Body- Snatchers (1956)