mar 21, 1947 - Executive Order 9835 is enacted
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Also known as the "loyalty order" this order was signed by President Truman. It aimed to investigate those with communist beliefs in the government and expel them, but it also targeted homosexuals. This order led up to the McCarthyism prevalent in the early-to-mid 1950s.
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