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What kinds of trials or hearings were held for those accused by McCarthy?
many trials no they were not fair at all?
Who held congressional hearings looking for communist spies in to government?
Joe McCarthy, Republican Senator from Wisconsin.
What was the significance of the Army-McCarthy hearings?
The Army-McCarthy hearings, held April through June of 1954, initiated the undoing of Senator Joseph McCarthy as far as his political power was concerned. By year's end McCarthy would be censured by the Senate and completely void of influence.
Joseph r McCarthy went after the US army in televised hearings claiming that is was full of communists what did these hearings lead to?
A Senate censure of McCarthy
In the movie Good night and good luck. why do they want to take McCarthy down?
Senator Joseph McCarthy was famous for the hearings he held into alleged Communist infiltration into American society, including the government and Hollywood. His hearings ruined a lot of lives, and he was ruthless in dealing with witnesses. Edward R. Murrow was a reporter who saw the damage McCarthy was doing and had the courage to cover the story in order to reveal McCarthy for the demagogue he was. (For another good movie on the damage McCarthy's hearings did, watch The Front, in which Woody Allen plays a writer who fronts for TV and movie writers who were blacklisted.)
What did the McCarthy hearings make people fear?
Communists
If found guilty what was the punishment in the McCarthy hearings?
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Why did the Senate hold the Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954?
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What is a connection between the McCarthy hearings and the Crucible?
Trial by accusation
How long did the McCarthy hearings last for?
late 1950's
The significance of the televised Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954 was that they?
led to the discrediting of Senator McCarthy and his condemnation by the Senate
How did McCarthy and huac create a reign of terrior?
Joseph McCarthy and the House Committee on Un-American Activities created a reign of terror by going on a communist witch hunt. McCarthy questioned the loyalty and patriotism of people he suspected of being communists. Hearings were held and reputations were ruined.
