A message to congress from the President that the United States would use armed forces upon request in response to imminent or actual aggression to the Middle East.
Eisenhower Doctrine
This is a term that describes the severe anti-communist suspicion in the United
States in the 1940s and 1950s.
McCarthyism
This was the period after each world war which saw massive upheaval in the U.S.
and fear of many foreigners. It was characterized by widespread fears of
Communist influence on U.S. society and Communist infiltration of the U.S.
government.
Red Scare
This is the name of the group in the House of Representatives that, in 1947,
began hearings to expose communist infiltration in American life.
Unfortunately, a good deal of the evidence they used was based on hearsay and
conjecture, meaning innocent people were harmed by their findings.
HUAC
Executed by the U.S. government in 1953, based on charges of conspiracy related
to the sale of information about the atomic bomb to the U.S.S.R.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
This is the name given to the Senate hearings that investigated Senator Joseph McCarthy's conflicting accusations about a communist present in part of the U.S. military.
Army McCarthy Hearings
This refers to people who were accused of being communist in the 1950s and were
prevented from making movies for years afterward.
Hollywood Black List
This was the belief that if one land in a region came under the influence of
communists, then more would follow.
Domino Theory
