McCarthyism
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
McCarthyism
- Started by Senator Joseph McCarthy in response to the growing
- threat of communism in Eastern Europe and China during
- the 1940s and 1950s
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WHAT IS MCCARTHYISM
- The practice of making accusations of disloyalty,
- subversion with insufficient regard to evidence
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FACTS
- McCarthy claimed that 200 communists had infiltrated the
- United States government
- Writers and entertainers were accused the most by MCarthyism
- More than 2,000 government employees lost their jobs because of
- McCarthyism
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DISAGREEMENT
- Many people disagreed
- People believed that McCarthyism was wrong
- President,Dwight Eisenhower disagreed with McCarthyism
- He even said he will not get into a gutter with McCarthy
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