A chronological list of the important events for
the topic "Red Scare"
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1947 Red Scare: The United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers [i] of the United States Congress [i] ...
votes 346 to 17 to approve citations of contempt of U.S. Congress against the so-called Hollywood 10 after the 10 had refused to co-operate with the House Un-American Activities CommitteeHouse Un-American Activities Committee House Committee on Un-American Activities was an investigative committee [i] of the United States House of Representatives [i] ...
concerning allegations of CommunistCommunism Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a future classless [i], stateless [i] ...
influence in the movieFilm Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general....
industry, (the 10 were blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios the next day).
1949 Red Scare: Such celebrities as Helen KellerHelen Keller Helen Adams Keller was a deafblind [i] American [i] author [i], activist [i] and lecturer [i] ...
, Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Dorothy Parker was an American [i] writer [i] and poet [i], best known for her caustic wit [i] ...
, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist PartyCommunist party In modern usage, a communist party is a political party [i] which promotes communism [i], the sociopolit ...
members.
1950 Red scare: In his speech to the Republican Women's Club at the McClure Hotel in Wheeling, West Virginia, SenatorUnited States Senate he United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States [i], the other b ...
Joseph McCarthyJoseph McCarthy Joseph Raymond McCarthy was a Republican [i] Senator [i] from th ...
accuses the United States Department of StateUnited States Department of State The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet [i] ...
of being filled with 205 CommunistsCommunism Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a future classless [i], stateless [i] ...
.
1951 Red Scare: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracyConspiracy (crime) In the criminal law [i], a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more natural person [i]s to break t ...
to commit espionageEspionage Espionage is the practice of obtaining information [i] about an organization or a society [i] that is co ...
. On April 5 they are sentenced to receive the death penalty.
1954 Red Scare: The United States SenateUnited States Senate he United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States [i], the other b ...
votes 67 to 22 to condemn Joseph McCarthyJoseph McCarthy Joseph Raymond McCarthy was a Republican [i] Senator [i] from th ...
for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."
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