#Mccarthyism
Events indexed under #Mccarthyism — 14 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957-06-17 | Yates v. United States Limits Smith Act Prosecutions, Supreme Court Begins Retreat from McCarthyism
6 src Earl Warren · U.S. Supreme Court · Communist Party USA · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 1954-09-01 | Communist Control Act Bans Party Members from Union Leadership, Weaponizing Anti-Communism Against Labor
3 src U.S. Congress · Dwight D. Eisenhower · House Un-American Activities Committee · American Federation of Labor · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1954-04-22 | Army-McCarthy Hearings Begin as Military Charges Senator with Improper Pressure for Aide
3 src Joseph McCarthy · Roy Cohn · U.S. Army · Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations | confirmed | |
| 1953-06-19 | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed at Sing Sing, Cold War's Most Controversial Death Penalty Case
3 src Roy Cohn · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Dwight D. Eisenhower | confirmed | |
| 1952-01-01 | Hollywood Blacklist Reaches Peak with Over 300 Industry Professionals Banned
3 src House Un-American Activities Committee · American Legion · Federal Bureau of Investigation · J. Edgar Hoover | confirmed | |
| 1951-06-04 | Dennis v. United States Supreme Court Upholds Smith Act Convictions, Criminalizes Political Advocacy
3 src Fred Vinson · U.S. Supreme Court · Communist Party USA · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 1951-04-01 | Hollywood Ten Released from Prison but Remain Blacklisted, Industry Persecution Continues
3 src House Un-American Activities Committee | confirmed | |
| 1950-09-23 | McCarran Internal Security Act Passes Over Truman Veto, Requires Communist Registration
3 src Harry Truman · U.S. Congress · House Un-American Activities Committee · Department of Justice · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1950-09-01 | State Loyalty Oaths Spread as California Passes Levering Act, Requires Public Employee Pledges
3 src California Legislature · Earl Warren · American Civil Liberties Union | confirmed | |
| 1950-06-22 | Red Channels Published, Launching Broadcasting Blacklist and Corporate "Smear and Clear" Racket
3 src NBC · CBS | confirmed | |
| 1949-11-15 | CIO Expels United Electrical Workers and Farm Equipment Workers, Beginning Purge of Communist-Led Unions
3 src Congress of Industrial Organizations · Philip Murray · Walter Reuther · House Un-American Activities Committee | confirmed | |
| 1947-11-25 | Waldorf Statement Launches Hollywood Blacklist, Studio Executives Pledge to Fire Hollywood Ten
3 src Paramount Pictures | confirmed | |
| 1947-10-20 | HUAC Hollywood Hearings Begin, Studio Executives Cooperate as "Friendly Witnesses"
6 src House Un-American Activities Committee · Ronald Reagan | confirmed | |
| 1947-03-21 | Executive Order 9835 Establishes Federal Loyalty Program - 5 Million Screened, Guilt Presumed
4 src Harry S. Truman · Federal Bureau of Investigation · House Un-American Activities Committee | confirmed |