Senator Joseph McCarthy was the senator who called people communists without any evidence to back it up those claims. McCarthyism is a term to describe a person who calls people negative descriptions, especially communist, without any evidence to support those accusations.
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Joseph McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy, a Republican senator from Wisconsin who served in Congress from 1947 until his death in 1957.He used his position as chairman of the Committee on Government Operations and its Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to launch investigations designed to document charges of Communists in government and was censured by the Senate on December 2, 1954, for behavior that was "contrary to senatorial traditions."See Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress
Joseph Mcarthy
The US senator's name was Joseph McCarthy. The Red Scare is also known as McCarthyism.
It was created in part by US Senator Joseph McCarthy (R) of Wisconsin who fueled the flames with reports of Communist Spies at very high levels and positions in the US Government. He was the media darling of the day and had a strong presence on both radio and Television. His gimmick was to wave a folded sheet of paper which purported to hold a list of Commies. His allegations were never supported by facts. He died in 1957 but ruined many a career in government and the Arts with his fanciful charges.
McCarthyism mean making unfair accusations of disloyalty without evidence. The term is named after Senator Joseph McCarthy who in the 1950s accused thousands of Americans of being communists or communist sympathizers.
Joe McCarthy, Republican Senator from Wisconsin.
He was Wisconsin's senator
In February, 1950 a little-known senator from Wisconsin made a speech in WHEELING, WEST Virginia. The senator, Joseph R. McCarthy, charged that the State Department was infested with communist agents.
Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, during the Communist witch hunts of the 1950's.
He was Wisconsin's senator
Senator Joseph McCarthy began investigating Communist subversion in the United States in 1950. This action led to the Army-McCarthy Hearings in 1954. This activities and methods involved during this period would become known as McCarthyism.
Joseph McCarthy was a US Senator from Wisconsin during the Cold War. Senator McCarthy led a witch hunt against supposed communists in the US government.
US Senator Joseph McCarthy, charge US government was ripe with communist in the 1950's
Senator Joe McCarthy
Senator Joe McCarthy
Senator Joe McCarthy
Senator Joe McCarthy