Being communists.
the McCarthy era was the same as the 1392 witch hunt because their was lots of blaming to do and alot of people were accused of doing witchy things and they didnt have evidence to back up their reasonings.
McCarthyism
Accusing people of disloyalty without proof
Thomas Putnam uses the witch trials to increase his own wealth by accusing people of witchcraft and then buying up their land.
blacklist
By accusing people of communism, he could cost them their jobs
because people didn't see him who he is
I think it was because he was a bad man about accusing people of being communists
No. McCarthy lost power y accusing other people to be Communist- with no evidence that they were.
he began accusing high ranking
McCarthy and his side kick was Cohn.
By accusing people of communism, he could cost them their jobs The press did not investigate the charges, they simply printed them
Joseph McCarthy.
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.
Senator Joseph McCarthy is most known for leading anti Communist movement in the United States during the Cold War, often accusing people of anti American activity with little to no basis for doing so. Americans during that time were deeply afraid of Communism, which allowed him to gain popularity.
He was being a junior Senator, starting up his anti-Communist rhetoric and accusing all and sundry of being Communists, mostly on no evidence at all or on the basis of hear-say that he presented as facts.
Senator Joseph McCarthy investigation of communists in the US government and in the entertainment business ultimately came to an end when the US Congress censured him. His investigative tactics were judged to be extreme and President Eisenhower agreed with the censure.