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 |  Subject: Near the beginning of the Cold War, on February 9, 1950  Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:59 am | |
| Near the beginning of the Cold War, on February 9, 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accused 205 Americans working in the State Department of being card-carrying communists.[40] The fear of communism in the U.S. spurred McCarthyism, aggressive investigations and the red-baiting, blacklisting, jailing and deportation of persons suspected of following communist or other left-wing ideologies. Many famous actors and writers were placed on a blacklist from 1950 to 1954, which meant they would not be hired and would be subject to public disdain.[41] photographyspecial offers | |
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