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• Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
  1953

  They were accused of leading a spy ring. They were convicted of conspiracy and executed.
  http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/rosenb/ROS_ACCT.HTM

• McCarthyism
  1951

  Senator Joseph McCarthy was looking for an issue to win him the reelection in 1952. Mccarthyism was known as McCarthy's "witch hunt" of accusing government officials of being communists.
  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/arthur-miller/mccarthyism/484/

• Klaus Fuchs
  1950

  He was a Manhattan project scientist and atomic bomb spy who gave information to the Soviets.
  http://www.nndb.com/people/565/000088301/

• McCarran Act
  1950

  This act made it unlawful to plan any action that might lead to the establishment of a totalitarian dictatorship in the US. Truman originally vetoed, but Congress enacted the law.
  http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/McCarran_Act.aspx

• Soviet Nuclear Bomb
  1949

  Truman announced that the Soviet Union had detonated a test nuclear bomb. The United States was shocked and didn't expected the Soviets to be that far advanced in technology.
  http://www.coldwar.org/articles/40s/soviet_atomic_bomb_test.asp

• Alger Hiss
  1948

  Alger Hiss was accused of being a Soviet spy and being a part of the 1930's plot to place communists inside the government.
  http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAhiss.htm

• Hollywood Ten
  Sep 1947

  The HUAC was interviewing the film industry. The HUAC interviewed 41 people and voluntarily answered the questions. There were ten people who refused to be interviewed and claimed the hearings were unconstitutional. They were then sent to prison for their refusal.
  http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAhollywood10.htm

• The Loyalty Program
  1947

  Truman created this program. Background checks done on all federal workers by FBI. Anyone who had "questionable" activities were accused of disloyalty toward the U.S.
  http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-orders-loyalty-checks-of-federal-employees