Cold War back in the states causing tension overseas
Americans back home were going crazy because of the tensions and scarcities of the war, but the government seemed to make matters much worse when they started antagonizing innocent people. Everyday people were being harassed so the government could find all floating communist in the country, though they weren’t very friendly when doing so. Many people lost the only jobs held in their household because they were suspected by the government. The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) was a group of people who accused guilyt and unguilty people of the United States of portraying communism. Many of the people they accused were filmmakers of Hollywood. The HUAC subpoenaed 43 of these filmmaker witnesses yet only 10 of these witnesses actually testified and they were known as the “Hollywood Ten”. These ten men and women were brought to the eyes of the HUAC because they had made numerous films about communism and really exaggerated it when doing so. These film makers were being arrested before the cold war had really taken off. More than 500 producers, directors, and actors protested for the government taking away the only jobs they had. This just shows that the HUAC began to react too far and just caused people to lose their jobs that were totally innocent.
Awesome post! I think it is so crazy that the United States accused so many innocent people that really didn't believe in communism. I didn't know that after the Hollywood ten were testified 500 other producers and actors protested. It would be so terrible if you were to lose your job just because the government had a "feeling" that you were communist. I think that the United States and HUAC went a little too far this time.
I like the way you explained the domestic hurt America's fear of communism caused. I like how you showed how even inocent people lost their jobs just at the tiniest suspicion of being a communism. Its realy sad that America had stooped so low.
Awesome post! I think it is so crazy that the United States accused so many innocent people that really didn't believe in communism. I didn't know that after the Hollywood ten were testified 500 other producers and actors protested. It would be so terrible if you were to lose your job just because the government had a "feeling" that you were communist. I think that the United States and HUAC went a little too far this time.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you explained the domestic hurt America's fear of communism caused. I like how you showed how even inocent people lost their jobs just at the tiniest suspicion of being a communism. Its realy sad that America had stooped so low.
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