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McCarthyism

Published on Nov 27, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY DEFINES MCCARTHYISM AS

MCCARTHY FASLY ACCUSED WRITERS AND ENTERAINERS AS COMMUNISM SUPPORTERS

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MCCARTHY GAINED POWER WHEN HE CLAIMED

THAT HE HAD A LIST OF 205 COMMUNISTS WORKING IN THE GOVERNMENT
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THE TERM MCCARTHYISM WAS FIRST USED

DURING THE SECOND RED SCARE DURING 1940S TO THE 1950S

BECAUSE OF MCCARTHY MANY PEOPLE

WERE INVESTIGATED AS COMMUNISTS

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