McCarthyism
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McCarthyism is a political practice defined by the accusation and investigation of left-wing individuals of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the Unite
Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1954
Executive Order 9835, signed by President Truman in 1947
Transcript of the US Department of the Interior Security Hearing Board proceedings against geologist Ruth A. M. Schmidt, suspected of communist sympathies due to her membership in the Washington Bookshop.
J. Edgar Hoover c. 1953
The Internal Security Act of 1950, 64 Stat. 987, also known as the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950, the McCarran Act after its principal sponsor Sen. Pat McCarran, or the Concentration Camp
Civil libertarians and radical political activists considered the McCarran Act to be a dangerous and unconstitutional infringement of political liberty, as exemplified in this 1961 poster.
A no trespassing sign at Langley Air Force Base, citing section 21 of Internal Security Act of 1950/50 U.S.C. § 797.