McCarthy+Era+(1950's+USA)

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The McCarthy Era Anna Doran

The McCarthy Era (1950’s USA)
 * Term describing a period of intense anti-Communist suspicion in the United States that lasted roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s.
 * This period is also referred to as the Second Red Scare, and coincided with increased fears about Communist influence on American institutions and espionage by Soviet agents.

Joseph McCarthy
 * Served as a Republican U. S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947-1957.
 * Earned his degree at Marquette University
 * Volunteered in the Marine Corps and served in WWII.
 * McCarthy rose suddenly to national fame in 1950 when he asserted in a speech that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who were employed in the State Department.

McCarthy’s Accusation’s
 * McCarthy made accusations of Communist infiltration into the State Department, the administration of President Truman, Voice of America, and the United States Army.
 * Used charges of communism, communist sympathies, or disloyalty to attack a number of politicians and other individuals inside and outside of government.
 * McCarthy was never able to substantiate his sensational charges
 * McCarthy's support and popularity began to fade
 * In 1954, the Senate voted to censure Senator McCarthy by a vote of 67 to 22

McCarthy related to 1984
 * McCarthy had hearings accusing people of being communists. He had these government officials go in front of a committee to explain themselves and prove themselves to not be communists.
 * For the federal government to be able to break the Trial by Jury amendment and make communist accusations without back-up is unconstitutional.
 * Fear of communism in that day and the propaganda from the media that unfairly labeled people is what the Party did in 1984.
 * The media and McCarthy painted a propaganda picture, played on people’s fear to further their own agenda, like Big Brother.
 * The control of the federal government where they can accuse people out-side the court-of-law is the first step of Big Brother; A group of people deciding what everyone believes in and using the media to brainwash people into thinking a certain way without the constitution and amendments being taken into consideration.

Work Cited Page


 * "Joseph McCarthy." __Wikipedia__. 13 Jan. 2008. Wikipedia Foundation Inc. 13 Jan. 2008 <[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy>.]


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