HUAC was the House Committee on Un-Amercan Activities. It was created to investigate disloyal and subversive organizations, such as Fascism Nazism and Communism. Largely associated with McCarthyism, HUAC set out to investigate and convict peole of holding left-wing (communism) views. In 1947, HUAC began blacklisting Hollywood actors and producers.
THE HUAC-- an overviewThe HUAC was the House Un-american Activties Committee, it was responsible for the destruction of all unamerican things.
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House Un-American Activities Committee
McCarthyism is a mob mentality driven by fear, often a fear of something nonexistent. So the Salem witch trials is a great example of McCarthyism, for the people of colonial Massachusetts were driven by mob mentality and fear.
HUAC was the House Committee on Un-Amercan Activities. It was created to investigate disloyal and subversive organizations, such as Fascism Nazism and Communism. Largely associated with McCarthyism, HUAC set out to investigate and convict peole of holding left-wing (communism) views. In 1947, HUAC began blacklisting Hollywood actors and producers.
McCarthyism occurred after WWII when people were afraid of the communist menace. At McCarthy's senate hearings and the House on Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), peoples lives were ruined because they were accused of being communists without proof. They lost their jobs and were unable to find work elsewhere. Some wee driven to suicide. Miller allows the audience to draw a parallel between the accusations of the girls and the unsubstantiated allegations that ruined lives made by McCarthy and HUAC.
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HUAC was the House Un-American Activities Committee.
The HUAC was used to find citizens in United States with Nazi ties. It was established in 1938 under the leadership of Martin Dies. The House Judiciary Committee was transferred the functions of HUAC on the abolishment of HUAC in 1975.
The HUAC is the House Committee on Un-American Activities. This is a committee found in the United States of America.
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The HUAC launched its first major attack against Hollywood.
THE HUAC-- an overviewThe HUAC was the House Un-american Activties Committee, it was responsible for the destruction of all unamerican things.
The writers who refused to answer questions in front of the HUAC committee were known as the Hollywood Ten.
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