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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › House_Un-AmericanHouse Un-American Activities Committee - Wikipedia

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   The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA), popularly the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives, created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations ...

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   Oct 29, 2009 · The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, investigated allegations of communist activity in the U.S. during the early years of the Cold...

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   May 17, 2022 · The House Committee on Un-American Activities, most commonly referred to as HUAC, was created as a permanent standing committee on January 3, 1945. Under H. Res. 5, 79th Congress, the committee was authorized to make investigations of: (1) the extent, character, and objects of un-American activities in the United States, (2) the diffusion ...

4. www.trumanlibrary.gov › education › presidentialHouse Un-American Activities Committee | Harry S. Truman

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   HUAC was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and rebel activities on the part of private citizens, public employees and organizations suspected of having Communist ties. Citizens suspected of having ties to the communist party would be tried in a court of law.

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   Apr 13, 2019 · The House Committee on Un-American Activities (commonly called the House Un-American Activities Committee or HUAC) had its origins in a special committee organized in the mid-1930s to investigate fascist activity in the United States.

6. www.thoughtco.com › house-unamerican-activitiesHouse Un-American Activities Committee - ThoughtCo

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   Nov 6, 2017 · The House Un-American Activities Committee, known as HUAC, accused Americans of being communists and led to the blacklists of the 1950s.

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   “You Are the Un-Americans, and You Ought to be Ashamed of Yourselves”: Paul Robeson Appears Before HUAC. Many African-American witnesses subpoenaed to testify at the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) hearings in the 1950s were asked to denounce Paul Robeson (1888–1976) in order to obtain future employment.

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   What did the House Un-American Activities Committee do?

   • Upon its formation in 1938, the official role of the House Un-American Activities Committee was to investigate Communist and fascist organizations that had become active during the Great Depression, though it also examined the activities of other groups on the political left.

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   Who died of the House Un-American Activities Committee?

   • Chairman Martin Dies of the House Un-American Activities Committee proofreads his October 26, 1938 letter replying to President Roosevelt 's attack on the committee.

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   How did the House Committee on Un-American Activities respond to blacklisting?

   • The House Committee on Un-American Activities responded to the report on blacklisting by calling the author of the report, John Cogley before the committee. During his testimony, Cogley was essentially accused of trying to help hide communists when he would not reveal confidential sources.

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   Why did the House Un-American Activities Committee fade during World War II?

   • The work of the House Un-American Activities Committee faded in significance during World War II. That was partly because the United States was allied with the Soviet Union, and the need for the Russians to help defeat the Nazis outweighed immediate concerns about communism. And, of course, the public's attention was focused on the war itself.

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