1. The Fall of China and its results

2. In the 1920s
Mao Zedong and a few other Communist leaders escaped to southern China after the Chinese gov’t began to imprison and kill communists
Mao organized rural peasants and started a civil war

3. At the end of WWII Communist and gov’t forces in China were fighting
Truman administration at first provides economic and military assistance to Jiang (Chinese gov’t)

4. 1947
Mao’s forces occupied much of China’s countryside and its northern cities had begun to come under their control

5. American response
Truman and his advisers concluded that Mao’s takeover of China could probably not be prevented and put their foucs on saving Western Europe from Soviet Domination

6. Early 1949
China’s capital of Perking (now Beijing) fell to Communist control
A few months later, Mao proclaims the creation of the People’s Republic of China
Jiang and his followers withdrew to the island of Taiwan

7. Map of Taiwan

8. Results in the United States

9. HUAC: The House of Un-American Activities
Established in 1939 to investigate disloyalty on the eve of WWII
Began a post war probe of Communist infiltration of the gov’t and the Hollywood movie industry

10. Hollywood 10
A group of writers, directors and actors all accused of Communist activity on flimsy evidence/rumors
When asked if they were Communist, the group invoked their 5th amendment rights and did not answer. They served jail terms of approx. 6 months – 1 year for contempt of Congress

11. Hollywood Blacklist
A list of people whom employers agreed not to hire

12. McCarran-Walter Act
Law that established a quota system for each country, discriminating against potential immigrants from Asia and Central Europe
Truman vetoed the bill, calling it un-American, but Congress passed it over the President’s veto