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| Alger Hiss | -Accused of spying for the Soviet Union -Member of the State Department -Charged with espionage and perjury -Lawyer who proved him guilty was Richard Nixon -Accused of Communism and found guilty |
| Ethel and Julius Rosenberg | -Accused of giving the Soviet Union information about the atomic bomb -Accused of Communism and sentenced to death |
| Fair Deal | -An extension of Roosevelt's New Deal -Congress raised minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents -Extended social security, paid for 810,000 new housing units for low-income families |
| GI Bill | -Paid for soldiers tuition -Paid for 1 year of unemployment -Guaranteed loans for soldiers -Helped soldiers pay for postwar housing (Levittowns) |
| Hollywood 10 | -Ten witnesses who refused to cooperate with HUAC because they thought the investigations were unconstitutional -All thrown in prison for not cooperating |
| HUAC | -House of Un-American Activities Committee -Suspicious of communists spreading propaganda in Hollywood -Interviewed Hollywood witnesses for information on "Communists in the industry" |
| Loyalty Review Board | President Truman issued an Executive Order -that investigated government employees -Wanted to find people who were disloyal to the federal government and fire them |
| The Red Scare | -Fear of the spread of Communism in the United States -Encouraged/Enticed by the media |
| Levittowns | -Suburbs/neighborhoods built on the outskirts of cities -Mass-produced homes for soldiers returning home from WWII -Funded by the GI Bill -Perfect for young families |
| McCarthyism | -The unfair tactic of accusing people of Communism -Launched a "witch hunt" of Communism in the government -Encouraged the Red Scare in the United States |
