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It's difficult to actually say.He's such a polarizing figure in our history,it's hard to find truthful information that's not manipulated to make him look one way or another.In one paper, he accused close to 60,but some of his enemies exaggerate and say that he accused nearly 205.The facts are that many of the people he accused were in fact communists, as revealed by declassified documents from the C.I.A. and K.G.B. So,yes, he was zealous, and perhaps a borderline demagogue,but he wasn't just covering his eyes,spinning around,pointing, and then declaring, "He's a communist!"
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How did McCarthy's witch hunts affect the people who were accused?
Suspected Communists
Why did Joseph McCarthy accuse people of being communists?
I think it was because he was a bad man about accusing people of being communists
Who was Joseph McCarthy and what was he looking for?
Joseph McCarthy was a US Senator in the late 1940's who was looking for people,such as Communists who were plotting to subvert the US government.
What did the McCarthy hearings make people fear?
Communists
Why did Joseph McCarthy search for Communists?
Senator Joseph McCarthy searched for communist card holders in the US government and in Hollywood. To him, these people were a danger to US security. That is why he searched for them. His misguided intent was to protect the US. Instead he went "overboard".
How did McCarthy's witch hunts affect the people who were accused?
Suspected Communists
Who accused people in the U.S. government of being communnist?
During the Second Red Scare, the most notable accuser of "communists" in the US government as Joseph McCarthy.
How are The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Joseph McCarthy similar?
In Salem, Massachusetts; innocent people were accused of being witches and warlocks, many were tried and executed. Joseph McCarthy accused innocent people of being communists. Many lost their jobs, were sent to prison, and died in poverty or had their lives destroyed and never fully recovered.
Why did Joseph McCarthy accuse people of being communists?
I think it was because he was a bad man about accusing people of being communists
Who was Joseph McCarthy and what was he looking for?
Joseph McCarthy was a US Senator in the late 1940's who was looking for people,such as Communists who were plotting to subvert the US government.
Senator Joseph McCarthy rose to prominence by?
The State Department had been infiltrated by Communists. The Red Scare. Joseph McCarthy was responsible for the anti-American trials of several prominent American citizens he believed were subversive communists.
Why did people criticize Senator Joseph McCarthy's campaign to find Communists in in the US government?
communism
What was McCarthyism in the US during the 1950s?
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.
What gave Senator Joseph McCarthy's charges their popular appeal?
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.
How were the accused by McCarthy investigated?
McCarthy accused many Americans of being communists. Ironically, he was never able to actually identify any communists. People who McCarthy named were brought before a senate committee and made to testify, and try to explain their innocence. McCarthy ruined many careers by falsely accusing people of being communist.
What actions of Joseph McCarthy worsens the national hysteria about communism?
In 1954, the Communist-hunting senator Joseph McCarthy, in U.S. Senate hearings that were televised live, accused the U.S. Army of "coddling Communists." As many as 20 million Americans watched the combative senator malign people who had no chance to defend themselves..
Who attacked and labeled various people as communists during the 1950s?
If you're referring to US History, that would be Senator Joseph McCarthy.
