Winsconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy was a raging anti communist republican. He had a reputation of being an ineffective legislator but wanted to be re-elected in 1952. McCarthy charged that disloyal Communists were taking over the US government. The term McCarthyism came to be known as accusing others for being disloyal and a part of the Communist party without evidence to support the accusations. He claimed to know at various points that 57, 81, and 205 Communists were in the US State Department but was never able to produce even one name. He charged the Democratic party guilty of 20 years of treason for allowing Communism to infiltrate the US government. However, McCarthy only did the name-calling in the Senate only because he had legal immunity from slander which would prevent him from being sued for libel. The Republicans did little to stop him and wanted to win the 1952 presidential election. In 1954, he accused the U.S. Army which led to a public investigation by the Senate which therefore lost public support for his campaign. The Senate later condemned him for improper conduct. Three years later, McCarthy died a broken man from alcoholism.
ha, nice witch picture. A concise article, but it seems like many of the sentences are ripped verbatim from the textbook. some rewording probably would be better.
ReplyDeleteIt'll be nice if there was a little bit more detail included, otherwise I like how general and simple the article is.
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