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 * 1) Hitler's book burnings - Book burnings in the book
 * 2) Libraries in Alexandria
 * 1) Act to protect the US against un American acts
 * 2) Required Communist org. to register
 * 3) Made it almost impossible for any American to be Communist
 * 4) Allowed the law to investigate any suspected Communist.
 * 5) Created the Subversive Action Board
 * 6) Consisted of 5 members who had the full power of the Act
 * 7) Could launch an investigation on any Communist organization
 * 8) Started by Senator Pat McCarran in 1950

"Arthur Miller - McCarthyism | American Masters | PBS." //PBS: Public Broadcasting Service//. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. . "The Anti-Communist Crusade and the Rise of McCarthyism." //University of Colorado Boulder//. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. .  "The Second Red Scare." //Ohio-State.edu //. Ohio State University. Web. .
 * 1) America was concerned with the rise of communism in Europe and Asia
 * 2) Senator named Joseph McCarthy made a public accusation that more than two hundred “card-carrying” communists had infiltrated the United States government
 * 3) This was untrue
 * 4) McCarthy was censored for unbecoming conduct
 * 5) But sparked a uprising against Communism
 * 6) House Un-American Activities Committee had been formed in 1938
 * 7) Was hard against writers and entertainer
 * 8) three hundred and twenty artists were blacklisted
 * 9) by 1954, had died down
 * 10) McCarthy was removed by public criticism
 * 1) Tolerance for Communism had been lessened
 * 2) Spies were a genuine threat
 * 3) Communists never had enough power to affect gov.
 * 4) Did steal secrets
 * 5) Hoover said every Communist was a spy
 * 6) allegations had no basis in reality, there were enough tidbits of circumstantial evidence for people like Joe McCarthy to build their careers
 * 7) sabotage was the prime concern of policymakers
 * 8) feared that Communist-led unions might go on strike
 * 9) or otherwise impede the operations of the nation's vital defense industries
 * 10) there were Just enough elements of reality to give it plausibility
 * 11) Communist labor leaders had been involved in several highly publicized strikes in the nation's defense industries
 * 12) work stoppages were triggered by economic grievances
 * 13) Not desire to mess up defense
 * 14) these strikes were cited during the early years of the cold war as evidence
 * 15) government had eliminated its left-wing employees
 * 16) Communist party members were believed to be part of a secret conspiracy
 * 17) anatics who would automatically do whatever Stalin told them to do
 * 18) image did have some basis in reality
 * 19) American Communist party was a highly disciplined organization that did have a connection to the Soviet Union
 * 20) eaders certainly tried to ensure that the party's policies would be in accord with those of the Kremlin
 * 21) It was thus possible to view the congruence between the party's line and the Soviet Union's positions as evidence of dictation
 * 22) domestic Communists threatened national security
 * 23) demonized view of the Soviet Union and Communism
 * 24) strikes were cited during the early years of the cold war as evidence that the party had tried to sabotage American rearmament
 * 25) involved charges that Communists had infiltrated the State Department
 * 26) conspiracy against Dem. by Rep.
 * 27) some citizens in or near the Communist party did spy for the Soviet Union
 * 28) Some for political reasons
 * 29) Most of them were active during World War II at a time when Russia and the United States were on the same side, and they apparently believed that they were helping the Allied cause
 * 30) unlikely that the Soviet Union recruited spies from the party during the cold war
 * 1) Anti Communism was spured by Washington involvement
 * 2) Media helped spread panic
 * 3) Immigration and Naturalization Service rounded up foreign Communists and deported them
 * 4) almost every agency became involved in Anti Communism
 * 5) Made policies to destroy Communism
 * 6) Executive Branch had power
 * 7) criminal justice system made dissidents criminals
 * 8) The major trials of the period got enormous publicity
 * 9) gave credibility to the notion that Communists threatened the nation's security
 * 10) Prosecuting reinforced the image of Communists as Russian spies
 * 11) Putting Communist labor leaders on trial allowed the government to raise the issue of industrial sabotage
 * 12) There were few laws under which the offenders could be tried
 * 13) being a Communist was not a crime
 * 14) the unreliability of the government's witnesses was to invalidate many convictions
 * 15) J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI helped create the anti-Communist consensus
 * 16) FBI came to dominate policymaking in the field of internal security
 * 17) Treating Communists as criminals made them seem dangerous; and that perception increased the willingness of judges and juries to convict them
 * 18) Trials had political nature
 * 19) Gov. gave irrelevant evidence in trials
 * 20) reinforced negative view of defendants
 * 21) made actions seem more serious
 * 22) FBI- COINTELPRO
 * 23) secret program of political sabotage, espionage
 * 24) Designed to take down Communism
 * 25) Other radical groups
 * 26) FBI compared to Gestapo
 * 27) FBI covered up this program
 * 28) Mirrors controlling government
 * 29) Book readers= Communists
 * 30) Try to eliminate competing ideas
 * 1) During the 1947- 1954 period