26.3 - The Cold War at Home

Investigated 3 million government employees over fear of communism. Fired over 200

• House Un-American Activities Committe
• Loyalty Review Board

Investigated Americans who were possible Communists. Focused on Hollywood

• House Un-American Activities Committee
• Loyalty Review Board

Hollywood producers who refused to cooperate during HUAC investigations. Arrested for contempt

• Joseph McCarthy
• Hollywood Ten
• Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

US State Department employee who was accused of being a Soviet spy

• Alger Hiss
• Joseph McCarthy
• Shaun White

American civilians accused of heading a Soviet spy ring that leaked top-secret atomic bomb info to the Soviet Union

• Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
• Final Five
• Hollywood Ten

Senator from Wisconsin who led televised Senate hearings to discover treasonous government officials

• Lindsay Vonn
• Alger Hiss
• Joseph McCarthy

making accusations of treason without sufficient evidence

• McCarthyism
• luging
• curling