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San Diego State University

San Diego State University: Internal Security Act of 1950 (Mc Carran Act) [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The McCarran Act was passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the words of the act "to protect the United States against certain un-American and subversive activities by requiring registration of Communist...
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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Speech on Veto of the Mc Carran Internal Security Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this impassioned speech given by President Harry S. Truman in which he gave his justification for vetoing the McCarran Internal Security Act, claiming that it would help Communists rather than root them out, as the act intended.
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University of Pennsylvania

The American 50s: Mc Carran Act or Internal Security Act of 1950

For Students 9th - 10th
Although brief, this article explains the McCarran Act and how it intertwined with the House Un-American Activities Committee in its anti-Communist hysteria.
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Other

Behind the Scenes: The Mc Carran Internal Security Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the origins and impact of the McCarran Internal Security Act which President Harry Truman called "the greatest danger to freedom of speech, press and assembly, since the Alien and Sedition Laws of 1798." Find out how a fear of...