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a state of tension between two superpowers with no actual fighting; power struggle between the soviet union and the United States after world war II.
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McCarthyism described the practice of publicly accusing government employees of disloyalty.
https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1061/mccarthyism

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McCarthy, Joseph Raymond, a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Grand Chute, Outagamie County, Wis., November 14, 1908.
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m000315

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McCarthy's antics, particularly his targeting of the U.S. Army, would lead to his official condemnation by the Senate in 1954. McCarthy had been viciously interrogating suspects in public and private hearings for some time, but the American people witnessed his brutal methods firsthand when the Army-McCarthy hearings were broadcast on live TV in 1954 https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plans/lesson-3-rise-and-fall-joseph-mccarthy

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McCarthy spent almost five years trying in vain to expose communists and other left-wing “loyalty risks” in the U.S. https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/joseph-mccarthy

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McCarthy’s accusations were so intimidating that few people dared to speak out against him. It was not until he attacked the Army in 1954 that his actions earned him the censure of the U.S. Senate; Korea
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/joseph-mccarthy