Communism In America

People such as writers, musicians, actors, and directors have a great impact on people. Whatever they say or write easily capture attention from the audience. Therefore showing their political opinions is controversial. Even in the past, people were readily influenced by workers in the entertainment industry. Since the past, politic and entertainment industry have a close relationship.
During the1940s, America went through World War II and they entered into the era of Cold war. Americans were under extreme tension between communism and capitalism (Trueman, 2015). At that time period, the ideology of communism became the target of fear and hatred of the American government. Most of Americans believed that national security is in the hands of government whether they can successfully prevent the spread of communism. The majority of government officials in those days were Republicans who have a strong conservative mindset. Actions of eliminating American communists spread across the United States. The action even launched in Hollywood. Workers in Hollywood became a target of investigation whether or not they were Communist and they were trying to spread Communist ideas and beliefs to normal American through music, books, or movies (Dabbs, 2015).

The main goal of HUAC was to investigate Communists in America, especially in Hollywood, and to monitor their actions in order to find out hidden Communists. If an individual became a suspect, HUAC issued a summons against him or her to stand before HUAC (None, 2009). During questioning, a suspect must confess his or her political preference or whistle blow names of colleague communists. If a suspect pleads the Fifth, HUAC considered it as a confession that he or she supports communism (Edward,