The House Un-American Activities Committee targeted

A. only government employees.

B. only private citizens.

C. neither government employees nor private citizens.

D. both government employees and private citizens.

both government employees and private citizens.

The answer is D. both government employees and private citizens. The House Un-American Activities Committee was in charge of investigating people and organizations suspected of having links to communism. The investigative committee lasted throughout the height of the Cold War from 1945 through 1975 and is especially famous for its investigation of Hollywood personalities and subsequent blacklisting of those investigated.