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Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed to have a list that contained over 200 communists working for which executive department?
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Joseph McCarthy created the media frenzy that began his witch hunt by?
Saying that he had a list of Communists employed by the State Department
Where did Senator McCarthy first announced the State Department was infested with communists?
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.
What accusations did Joseph McCarthy make against the US Army?
There were communists in the military.
In what ways did Joseph McCarthy violate American values in his search for communists?
anti-American trials of several prominent American citizens he believed were subversive communists
What event lead to the senate hearings on Joseph McCarthys accusations?
mccarthy claimed that the us army was full of communists
Where did McCarthy first announce that the state department was infested with communists?
at a campaign rally
Who claimed to have the names of over 200 State Department employees who were communists.?
Joseph McCarthy
Which was a lie used by Senator McCarthy to rise to prominence?
The State Department had been infiltrated by Communists.
In 1950 who made the allegation that 205 state department officials were card carrying communists?
Joseph mccarthy
Who did Joseph McCarthy go after?
He believes there were communists in the State Department and the Army. His main target was Alger Hiss.
Claimed to have the names of over 200 State Department employees who were communists.?
Joseph McCarthy
Who did Senator Joseph McCarthy go after?
He believes there were communists in the State Department and the Army. His main target was Alger Hiss.
Joseph McCarthy created the media frenzy that began his witch hunt by?
Saying that he had a list of Communists employed by the State Department
Senator joseph McCarthy gained national prominence with his accusation that?
-that the State Department, and other agencies of government, were overrun with communists…
Where did Senator McCarthy first announced the State Department was infested with communists?
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.
Why was senator McCarthy able to win recognition as a great fighter of communism without actually identifying any Communists?
He was able to win recognition by just stating there were 205 known communists, and waving around a supposed list which he claimed contained the names of 57 communists in the state department. This being done frightened Americans to which at that time didn't make them think about having evidence, they just figured he was on the right track.
Who or what was McCarthy looking for?
Communists, and he saw them everywhere.
