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People in the 1950s were genuinely afraid that the Communists could take over the United States and that fear led to people accepting Joseph McCarthy's witch-hunt for "Communists" in the US government and popular culture as a method of protecting the US and its values.

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Q: What gave Senator Joseph McCarthy's charges their popular appeal?
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