WORLD HISTORY

COLD WAR ERA

IMPACT OF COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
During the Second Red Scare, public and government suspicions of communism led to ____
A
widespread arrests of military commanders
B
The decline of powerful civil rights organizations
C
The blacklisting of people in various industries
D
Deportation of thousands of immigrants from Latin America
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The 10 were Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner, Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, and Dalton Trumbo.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Second Red Scare, which occurred immediately after World War II, was preoccupied with the perception that national or foreign communists were infiltrating or subverting American society and the federal government. The name refers to the red flag as a common symbol of communism.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the context of the 1940s and 1950s, a blacklist was a list of persons whose opinions or associations were deemed politically inconvenient or commercially troublesome, thereby subjecting them to either difficulty finding work or termination from employment.

Detailed explanation-4: -Blacklisting was putting people on a list if they did not testify in front of the HUAC. They were not allowed to work during this time. People who are suspected to be untrustworthy or have unwanted opinions so they are put on a privet list to prevent them from working.

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