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- McCarthyism - Wikipedia
McCarthyism is a political practice defined by the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s, heavily associated with the Second Red Scare, also known
- McCarthyism | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica
McCarthyism, name given to the period of the 1950s when Senator Joseph McCarthy produced a series of investigations and hearings in an effort to expose supposed communist infiltration of the U S government
- McCarthyism [ushistory. org]
Senator Joseph McCarthy sent this telegram to President Truman two days after claiming that he had identified "205 card-carrying" members of the Communist party working in the U S State Department At a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, on February 9, 1950, McCarthy launched his first salvo
- McCarthyism | Red Scare | The First Amendment Encyclopedia
McCarthyism was a term coined in the 1950s to describe the practice of publicly accusing government employees or employees of government contractors of political disloyalty or subversive activities and using unsavory investigatory methods to prosecute them
- McCarthyism - Alpha History
McCarthyism created a dark mood of mistrust and suspicion, stunting freedom of speech and public debate It also had a divisive effect on American communities, as people lost their jobs or became social outcasts because of tenuous doubts about their political views and loyalty
- Mccarthyism: Definition, History, and Key Facts Explained
McCarthyism, a term associated with a dark period in American history, emerged in the early to mid-20th century as a clear manifestation of political repression and fear-mongering McCarthyism is named after Senator Joseph McCarthy, who became prominent for his fervent anti-communist crusade
- Mccarthyism - Encyclopedia. com
A term coined in 1950, McCarthyism described the escapades of Republican Senator Joseph R McCarthy of Wisconsin (1908–1957) It was later applied to the broader excesses that characterized anti-Communism in America during the Cold War (1946–1991)
- McCarthyism - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
McCarthyism is the term describing a period of intense anti-Communist suspicion in the United States which began during the start of the Cold War, that lasted roughly from the late 1940s to the mid to late 1950s The term gets its name from U S Senator Joseph McCarthy, a Republican of Wisconsin The period of McCarthyism is also referred to as the Second Red Scare (The First Red Scare happened
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