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

2 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”

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

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

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

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

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