Because then-senator Joe McCarthy wanted to make a name for himself as a "communist fighter." Those targeted McCarthy claimed were either members of or sympathetic to the communist party. He was a...
The Hollywood Ten consisted of ten film directors and writers who refused to answer questions from Congress about communism and who might be communists in Hollywood. Upon not responding, they were...
Yes, it did. People believed to be communist or helping communist causes, or sometimes, even just sympathetic to communists could get themselves into some deep trouble. Some were put on trial. Some...