Hollywood on Trial
This congressional committee investigated Communist influence in the U.S. and Hollywood.
What is HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)
This former U.S. government official was accused of spying but convicted of perjury in 1950.
Who was Alger Hiss
This 1947 program investigated federal employees’ loyalty to the U.S. government.
What was the Loyalty Review Program
This U.S. senator from Wisconsin became famous for claiming Communists had infiltrated the government.
Who was Joseph McCarthy
These ten film industry witnesses refused to cooperate with HUAC and were jailed.
Who were the Hollywood Ten
The man who accused Alger Hiss of espionage.
Who was Whittaker Chambers
J. Edgar Hoover’s agency, which screened federal employees.
What is the FBI
The reckless practice of accusing people of being Communists without evidence.
What is McCarthyism
This was the list of about 500 actors, writers, and directors who could no longer work in Hollywood.
What is the blacklist
This physicist admitted passing atomic bomb secrets to the Soviets in 1950.
Who was Klaus Fuchs
This 1950 act required Communist organizations to register with the government.
What was the McCarran Act
McCarthy gained legal immunity by making accusations in this place.
What is the Senate
This star actor admitted turning down “Communist-tinged” scripts but couldn’t name them.
Who was Gary Cooper
This American couple was executed for conspiracy to commit espionage in 1953.
Who were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
This secret project decoded Soviet spy messages in the U.S. during the Cold War.
What was the Venona Project
This female senator from Maine publicly denounced McCarthy’s tactics.
Who was Margaret Chase Smith
This singer and activist lost his passport and income after refusing to sign a loyalty oath.
Who was Paul Robeson
The judge declared their crime “worse than murder.”
Who was Judge Irving Kaufman talking about the Rosenbergs
The Venona Papers revealed how many Americans had secret ties to the Soviet Union?
What is 349
McCarthy lost public support after falsely accusing this institution in 1954.
What is the U.S. Army