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1947
Harry Truman mandated that all government employees be investigated to see if they were faithful to the country. -
1948
Leaders of the communist party arrested -
1950
Found that Alger Hiss had been part of an underground communist network while part of the Roosevelt administration -
1950
June-list is made of all communists in the entertainment industry who are the blacklisted -
1951
Rosenberg trial begins -
1953
Rosenberg executed -
1954
McCarthy loses a trial claiming the US army wasn't politically loyal