Hollywood Blacklist

What was the name of the committee created to investigate communism?

• The Senate Judiciary Communism Committee

• The Traitors' to American Values Committee

• The House Un-American Activities Committee

• The Senate Communist Activities Committee

What did they think was happening in film?

• People were sneaking communist propaganda into films

• People were making films about communists

• People were selling state secrets to Russian film makers

• People were sharing insider stories of how to corrupt government

Why were the Hollywood Ten blacklisted?

• They were communists

• They refused to testify in the hearings

• They sold information to Russians

• They refused to denounce communism

Why did they say they refused to testify?

• They didn't want to be exposed

• It opened up embarrassing details of their private lives

• They felt it was a waste of time they could spend elsewhere

• It was a violation of their rights

Why else did they refuse?

• They would be embarrassed by their lives being out in the public

• They would be asked to name names of other communists

• They would be asked to infiltrate other communist groups

• They would be fired from their jobs

What punishment did they receive? (Tick all that apply)

• $1000 fine

• Loss of any future job opportunities

• One year in prison

• A right good kicking

Which famous people did testify? (Tick all that apply)

• Walt Disney

• Ronald Reagan

• Cary Grant

• Humphrey Bogart

• Donald Duck

Some members started the committee for the first amendment. What does the first amendment guarantee?

• The right to bear arms

• The right to arm bears

• The right to freedom of speech

• The right to freedom of belief

Which of the first amendment committee turned out to be a communist?

• Frank Sinatra

• Stirling Hayden

• Groucho Marx

• Gene Kelly

Humphrey Bogart was sent a fish by his friends – what was written underneath?

• If I hadn't been a communist, I wouldn't be in such deep water

• If I hadn't spoken out, I wouldn't be sleeping with the fishes

• If I hadn't opened my big mouth, I wouldn't be here

• Havana oh na na, half of my heart is in Havana