what is the house un- american committe?

Answer 1

It was a committee set up by the House of Representatives to investigate Nazi influence. It later was redirected, during the Korean war to investigate Communist influences. It investigated Hollywood, and many writers and actors were blacklisted on secret testimony. People charged were pressed to name others in exchange for immunity - leading to many false charges.

It is sometimes confused with the Communist Witch-hunts led by Joseph McCarthy in the senate. He led a similarly overboard investigation of people in government positions and in the military.

However - if your textbook blurs these two into one, it is best to follow it for homework.

Answer 2

House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC or HCUA) (1938–1975) was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is often referred to as the House Un-American Activities Committee. In 1969, the House changed the committee's name to the Committee on Internal Security. When the House abolished the committee in 1975, its functions were transferred to the House Judiciary Committee.

Answer 3

Known as HUAC, it was the government agency lead by Senator Joseph McCarthy and Nixon. This agency "hunted" suspected communists in both the government and America during the Red Scare. The Red Scare was the fear of communists living in America in the 1950s, at the start of the Cold War. The first people on trial and convicted were the Rosenburgs.

Answer 4

House of Un-American Activities Committee was led by Senator McCarthy during the Cold War when he took it upon himself to expose any communists and their sympathizers on US soil.

Their famous catchphrase "Are you or anyone you know a member of the Communist Party?" Became rather commonplace and dangerous. He inadvertently advocated paranoia and mistrust and fear in the nation. He wanted everyone to be suspicious of everyone else, he wanted students to rat out their teachers, kids to rat out their parents, and so forth. Basically if you did or said anything even remotely disparaging of democracy (read capitalism) or the US's policies during the 50s, you would be branded a commie and more than likely lose your job and any hopes of getting another one.

It was a very scary time (not very democratic either).

Answer 5

It was called THE COMMITTEE FOR UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES. It was not an unAmerican committee. It was formed to investigate the infiltration of communists into our government in the 1950's. It became controversial under Joseph McCarthy, a senator from Wisconsin, who brought before his committee many famous people including Hollywood stars in an effort to get them to tell him about what he referred to as "known communists." His downfall came when he began to accuse these people of being communists because they would not answer his questions by taking the 5th Amendment.

Chow!!

Answer 6

It was a committee in the US House of Representatives in the 1950s who looked for Communist activity in the US. See the movie Good Night, Good Luck. Also known in US history as the "red scare", with the McCarthy trials.

Answer 7

Goodle "McCarthy-ism". It had to do w/ labelling Hollywood actors as Communists. Many never worked again.

Answer 8

The democrat party members.