Beginning the Narrative, II

Some Important American Actions.

+ NSC-68. National Security Council Report 68. 1950.
Changed the American political policies in regards to its actions in the world. The legislation aimed to give power to the military to secure America and the freedom of the world against the Soviet threat of communism.

+ Federal Civil Defense. 1950.
The federal government needed to protect its citizens from a possible nuclear attack, especially once the Soviet union successfully detonated an atom bomb in 1949. The program specifically wanted citizens to learn how to protect themselves in case of a nuclear attack, such as building their bomb or community bomb shelters, having well-planned evacuation routes, and training community members to be active leaders in times of disaster.

+ Second Red Scare/McCarthyism.
America saw another rise in anti-communism hatred sweep the nation as the fear and anxiety over the affairs with the Soviet Union started to really boil. Americans were scared communists were infiltration the country, thus began to ride on a tidal wave of “McCarthyism,” coined after a spokesman Senator Joseph McCarthy that incited much of the terror. As a result, people were accused of communist activities, black listed, and even prosecuted. The “Hollywood Ten” was a list of actors, screenwriters, and other various people involved in the film industry that were virtually kicked out of Hollywood for being sympathetic to communism; some such individuals were Charlie Chaplin, Humphrey Bogart. The hysteria of the Cold War had impacted the government, foreign policy, everyday life for Americans, and even tainted the entertainment industry.