the McCarthy era

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical period
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Joseph_McCarthy
gptkb:the_Army-McCarthy_hearings
gptkb:the_Lavender_Scare
gptkb:the_FBI
gptkb:the_House_Un-American_Activities_Committee
HUAC
Loyalty Oaths
the rise of conservatism
the 1950s America
the blacklist
the end of the New Deal era
the_Cold_War_culture
the_Red_Scare_of_the_1950s
gptkbp:characterizedBy anti-communism
gptkbp:completed 1956
gptkbp:criticism intellectuals
gptkbp:foundedIn 1947
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the McCarthy era
gptkbp:impact civil liberties
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Hollywood
public opinion
the arts
the civil rights movement
the 1960s counterculture.
American_literature
American_politics
the_Vietnam_War_protests
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:involved public hearings
testimonies
public protests
informants
media sensationalism
Senate_hearings
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:McCarthyism
censorship
Red Scare
political trials
political witch hunts
the_decline_of_McCarthy's_influence
gptkbp:notableFigures Ethel_and_Julius_Rosenberg
gptkbp:occursIn gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:resultedIn political repression
social conformity
increased activism
social division
blacklisting
increased surveillance
cultural repression
loss of jobs
political disillusionment
fear of dissent
public paranoia
loss of freedom of expression
gptkbp:targets government employees
gptkbp:was_marked_by fear of communism
fear of espionage
government scrutiny
political fear