Ten unfriendly witnesses that were called before the HUAC committee. They were unfriendly because they refused to testify that the movies contained communist influence. Because they refused to testify, these ten were sent to prison.

MCCARTHYISM AND THE RED SCARE

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Ten “unfriendly” witnesses that were called before the HUAC committee. They were “unfriendly” because they refused to testify that the movies contained communist influence. Because they refused to testify, these ten were sent to prison.

A	Hollywood Ten
B	Littlerock Nine
C	Vietcong
D	Anti-War Movement

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The Hollywood 10 was blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee because they cited their first amendment rights and refused to admit whether they were communists.

Detailed explanation-2: -Of those 19, HUAC called 11 unfriendly witnesses to testify, the 10 who would become the Hollywood Ten (Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner, Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, and Dalton Trumbo), plus German playwright Bertolt Brecht.

Detailed explanation-3: -The group, who became known as the Hollywood Ten, were voted in contempt of Congress in November and sentenced to prison for six months to a year. They were blacklisted by the Hollywood studios.

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