Mccarthyism
•1950’s fear of Communism is high in the USA
•Led by Senator Joseph McCarthy (House of Un-American Activities Committee)
•Period of paranoia (1950-54)
•Becomes a witchhunt
•Suggestion of guilt was enough to ruin most people
•Led by Senator Joseph McCarthy (House of Un-American Activities Committee)
•Period of paranoia (1950-54)
•Becomes a witchhunt
•Suggestion of guilt was enough to ruin most people
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The term originates in period of the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from 1950 to 1956 and characterized by heightened fears ofcommunist influence on American institutions and espionage by Soviet agents. created by Republican U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy.
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