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- 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 reached its peak and began its decline during the Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954
- Joseph McCarthy: Senator of Anti-Communism | American Experience . . . - PBS
In 1953, the author Langston Hughes was called before Senator Joseph McCarthy’s Subcommittee on Investigations We dramatized the actual hearing transcripts of Hughes’s testimony, made public
- How we endured the McCarthy purges in US - BBC
It was February 1950 when Joseph McCarthy, the Republican Senator from Wisconsin, brandished a list of 205 suspected Communists he said were working for the US State Department
- Anti-Communism c. 1945-1954 - OCR A McCarthyism - BBC
McCarthy secured his role at the centre of the anti-communist movement by claiming he had the names of over 200 communists working in the government He was eventually only able to name 57
- McCarthyism - AQA GCSE History Revision Notes - Save My Exams
McCarthy’s actions had a damaging impact on people’s lives Around 9,500 government officials were dismissed Over 15,000 people resigned out of fear of being fired Approximately, 600 teachers lost their jobs Many artists and actors were blacklisted This means that they were unable to work again
- Joseph McCarthy on Communism (1950) - American Yawp
Senator Joseph McCarthy’s relentless attacks on suspected communist influence in American government so captivated American attention that “McCarthyism” came to stand in for the fervor of Cold War America’s anti-communism
- The Rise and Fall of Senator Joseph McCarthy
During his 1946 campaign to defeat three-term senator Robert M La Follette Jr for the Republican primary in Wisconsin, McCarthy used his wartime record to his advantage, attacking La Follette for not enlisting—despite the fact that La Follette was 46 years old when Pearl Harbor was bombed—and publicizing his own military nickname, using the sl
- McCarthyism [ushistory. org]
In his fervor to hunt out communism, Senator Joseph McCarthy trampled the protections promised by the US Constitution and the principle of freedom of conscience upon which the nation was founded
- Joseph McCarthy - Senator, Cold War Death - HISTORY
McCarthy’s accusations were so intimidating that few people dared to speak out against him It was not until he attacked the Army in 1954 that his actions earned him the censure of the U S
- How McCarthyism Worked - HowStuffWorks
Liberals and conservatives alike agreed that McCarthy's actions were reckless and that his methods were out of line In fact, his actions directly resulted in a 1957 Supreme Court ruling that secures the constitutional rights of witnesses during a congressional investigation
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