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McCarthyism

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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McCARHYISM

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RED SCARE

  • McCarthyism played a huge role in the red scare and cause many thoughts
  • Of the belief that celebrities and famous people were communist
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SENATOR JOSEPH MCCARTHY

Joseph McCarthy stated communism and in 1938 stated the house of un-American committee
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DURING THE RED SCARE

  • Over 2,000 people lost their government jobs because of McCarthyism
  • Also many of those people not including celebrities were trial/accused/convicted of benig a communist
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WHAT IS MCCARTHYISM

McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence.

Quentin Spates