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McCarthyism

Published on Dec 21, 2015

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McCarthyism

SHARON KAMINSKI 3RD BLOCK

JOSEPH MCCARTHY CLAIMED THAT 200 COMMUNISTS INFILTRATED THR U.S.

STARTED THE HOUSE UN-AMERICAN IN 1938

JAILED PEOPLE FOR NOT NAMING OTHER COMMUNISTS. HELD "TRIALS"

MORE THAN 2,000 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES LOST THEIR JOBS

DUE TO MCCARTHYISM

MCCARTHY NEVER SUCCESSFULLY CONVICTED A U.S. CITIZEN OF

BEING A COMMUNIST

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