McCarthyism

American politician (1908–1957)

American sociologist (1902 – 1979)

McCarthyism is a political practice defined by the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s, heavily associated with the Second Red Scare, also known as the McCarthy era. After the mid-1950s, U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy, who had spearheaded the campaign, gradually lost his public popularity and credibility after several of his accusations were found to be false. The U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Just

American broadcast journalist (1908–1965)

British historian and poet

American couple executed for spying for the Soviet Union

committee of the US House of Representatives best known for investigating those accused of adhering to communism during the Red Scare

1957 film by Charlie Chaplin

mid-20th century banning of people from American entertainment for suspected Communism

Defected Communist spy, writer, editor (1901–1961)

American economist and Soviet spy (1892–1948)

American rocket engineer (1914–1952)

1954 film by Herbert Biberman

person who sympathizes and co-operates with a political organization without being a formal member

witchhunt and mass firings of homosexuals in the 1950s by the US government

American politician (1900–1973)

American journalist, novelist and spy for the Soviet Union (1908–1990)

1952 film by Leo McCarey

1950 statue authorizing US concentration camps

1954 United States Atomic Energy Commission investigation

United States federal statute

1949 US political crisis

United States government official and diplomat (1907–1955)

British sociologist, feminist, political activist and LGBTQ+ rights campaigner

Red-baiting, also known as reductio ad Stalinum () and red-tagging (in the Philippines), is an intention to discredit the validity of a political opponent and the opponent's logical argument by accusing, denouncing, attacking, or persecuting the target individual or group as anarchist, communist, Marxist, socialist, Stalinist, or fellow travelers towards these ideologies. In the phrase, red refers to the color that traditionally symbolized left-wing politics worldwide since the 19th century, while baiting refers to persecution, torment, or harassment, as in baiting.

1950 publication that spurred the Hollywood blacklist era

American lawyer

American politician

United States Secretary of the Army (1899–1983)

Alleged KGB spy

1950 film by John Berry

organization

American immigration law