Joseph Mcarthy
Anti-Communist paranoia, commonly known as The Red Scare, led by Senator Joseph McCarthy, was the driving force behind the 1950s "witch hunts."
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.
McCarthy was a US senator in the 1950s, at the height of the Cold War. He accused numerous people of being communists, and ended many of their careers. When the other senators who supported him passed away in the late 1950s, he was voted out of congress. He ended up dying a few years later.
It was the fear of communism which was started by Senator Joseph McCarthy. He accused 41 military officials of being communists with no proof as well as others. He was forced to resign when people found out that he had lied.
During the 1950s many believed Americas culture was
nuclear warfare
In the 1940s and 1950s, Americans had a cultural hysteria about the Soviet threat.
Senator Joe McCarthy was the leader of the anti Communist crusade of the 1950s in the US.
he was a senator.
Joseph Raymond McCarthy.
Senator Joe McCarthy
Senator Joe McCarthy
Senator Joe McCarthy
Senator Joe McCarthy
Senator Joe McCarthy
Senator Joseph McCarthy was the leader of the anti-Communist crusade of the 1950s in the US.
McCarthy