Domino Theory
Hollywood Black List
McCarthyism
Red Scare
HUAC
This refers to people who were accused of being communist in the 1950s and were prevented from making movies for years afterward.
This is a term that describes the severe anti-communist suspicion in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s.
This was the belief that if one land in a region came under the influence of communists, then more would follow.
It was characterized by widespread fears of Communist influence on U.S. society and Communist infiltration of the U.S. government.
This is the name of the group in the House of Representatives that, in 1947, began hearings to expose communist infiltration in American life.
