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Who began senate investigations into the communist activity in the US in1950?

Joseph McCarthy


How many members in the Wisconsin senate?

There are 33 members of the wisconsin State Senate.


What US senator was responsible for the anti Communist movement known as the red Scare?

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


Who were the leading practitioners of the 1950's red scare?

Senator Joseph McCarthy was the leading figure in the 1950s Red Scare, or witch hunt for Communists in the government. The Senator from Wisconsin had nothing to do with the blacklisting of artists by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee, another group searching out Communists or "fellow travelers." McCarthy claimed that there were known communists in the State Department. He held investigations and hearings and ruined many careers. Presidents Truman and Eisenhower so feared his influence with the public that they did nothing to stop him. When McCarthy attacked the US Army as a hotbed of communist activity, the Senate finally censored him and he died a broken politician.


What did Joseph McCarthy do to heighten anxiety over communism?

McCarthy claimed that there were known communists in the State Department. He held investigations and hearings and which ruined many careers. Presidents Truman and Eisenhower so feared his influence with the public that they did nothing to stop him. When McCarthy attacked the US Army as a hotbed of communist activity, the Senate finally censored him and he died a broken politician.


How many representatives does Wisconsin have in the senate?

2


What kind of legislature does Wisconsin have?

The state of Wisconsin has a bicameral legislature. It consists of Wisconsin Senate and the Wisconsin Assembly. There are 132 members in the Wisconsin state legislature.


What is the name of the upper house in wisconsin legislature?

Senate


Senator Joseph McCarthy conducted a Senate investigation regarding communist infiltration of what which went too far and led to the demise of his career?

McCarthy claimed that there were known communists in the State Department. He held investigations and hearings and which ruined many careers. He never actually presented any facts to back up his claims that people were communists or "fellow travelers" or traitors to the nation. Presidents Truman and Eisenhower so feared his influence with the public that they did nothing to stop him. When McCarthy attacked the US Army as a hotbed of communist activity, the Senate finally censored him and he died a broken politician.


Do the congress and senate have say in case a president wants to sell his country to communist countries?

Congress IS the senate and the house. No president would/could/want to sell the country to communist.


Senator Joseph McCarthy conducted a Senate investigation regarding communist infiltration of?

the U.S. government and other institutions during the early 1950s. He made sweeping accusations without sufficient evidence, ruining the careers of many innocent people. The investigations ultimately lost credibility, and McCarthy was later censured by the Senate.


Wisconsin women who made history?

Tammy Baldwin who is from Wisconsin is most known for being the first openly gay person elected to the Senate. Tammy Baldwin was elected to the Senate in 2012.

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