THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
MCCARTHYISM AND THE RED SCARE
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Criminalized overthrowing the government
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Criminalized registering for things
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Legalized space exploration
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Made it legal to aid, abet or overthrow the government
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Detailed explanation-1: -Smith Act, formally Alien Registration Act of 1940, U.S. federal law passed in 1940 that made it a criminal offense to advocate the violent overthrow of the government or to organize or be a member of any group or society devoted to such advocacy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Alien Registration Act (also known as the Smith Act) was passed by Congress on the 29th of June, 1940. This act made it illegal for anyone in the United States to advocate, abet, or teach the desirability of overthrowing the government.
Detailed explanation-3: -Broadly written, the Smith Act forbade any attempts to “advocate, abet, advise, or teach” the violent destruction of the U.S. government. Meanwhile, the government apparently initiated prosecutions against many communists for their political beliefs, triggering First Amendment concerns.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Smith Act allowed deportation of an alien who had been “at any time” since arriving in the U.S. a member of, or affiliated with, such an organization. A second round of deportation hearings ended after ten weeks in June 1941.