Permanent historical factsheet

Communism

United States · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1950Date range
3Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1950

Joseph McCarthy9 January 1950

Government / Republican Party Government

Alleges that 205 Communists are working in the State Department

Richard Milhous Nixon1950

Government / Republican Party Government

Congress passes the McCarran-Nixon act for registration of Communist organisations

Harry S Truman1950

Government / Republican Party Government

Congress approves the appropriation of military aid for projects against Communism

Names involved

Harry S TrumanJoseph McCarthyRichard Milhous Nixon

Provenance

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