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That there were communists working inside high levels of Government (including the State Department, the United States Air Force, and United States Army), and there were individuals working for the Communist Party or sympathetic to the Communist Party in all levels of government (The White House, Congress, and the Press). His accusations led the Second Red Scare to occur in the United States from his Wheeling West Virginia speech in 1951, to the Army-McCarthy hearings of 1954 and subsequent censure by the United States Senate.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoIt was not an accusation, it was a question, asking if the person was or had been a communist.
McCarthy was, at best, a mediocre politician. He found a platform whereby he could bring himself to prominence. He was an egotist looking for power.
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-that the State Department, and other agencies of government, were overrun with communists…
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Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda .
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Because he had a lot of swags
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spies for the Soviet Union spies for the Soviet Union
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yes they were
What event lead to the senate hearings on Joseph McCarthys accusations?
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Trying a government official for misconduct in office?
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Senator joseph McCarthy gained national prominence with his accusation that?
-that the State Department, and other agencies of government, were overrun with communists…
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no
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Impeachment
Antonym for accusation?
what is the antonym for accusation?
