THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
MCCARTHYISM AND THE RED SCARE
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McCarran Act
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Loyalty Review Board
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John Birch Society
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Palmer Raids
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Detailed explanation-1: -Truman’s loyalty program resulted in the discovery of only a few employees whose loyalty could be “reasonably” doubted. Nevertheless, for a time his order did quiet some of the criticism that his administration was “soft” on communism. Matters changed dramatically in 1949-1950.
Detailed explanation-2: -In early 1947, President Truman established a loyalty review program to screen all federal employees. Truman’s action seemed to confirm suspicions that Communists had infiltrated the government and so added to fears that communism was sweeping the nation.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Harry S. Truman signed United States Executive Order 9835, sometimes known as the “Loyalty Order", on March 21, 1947. The order established the first general loyalty program in the United States, designed to root out communist influence in the U.S. federal government.
Detailed explanation-4: -After the war, tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union grew, as did suspicion of workers in every government department. Several advisors, including Attorney General Tom Clark, urged Truman to form a loyalty program to safeguard against communist infiltration in the government.