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Anything that someone said against the united states they could be accused of communism

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One thing I found interesting was the hollywood blacklist, and how they were tried and put into jail.

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It's really odd and interesting how similar it was as far as them accusing people of "crimes" they didn't commit and compare it to how times are now.

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It is interesting that they accuse just about everyone of being a communist even if they are proved innocent.

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I think it's interesting that McCarthy was so obsessed with "proving" that people were communist even though he didn't have any substantial  proof for the majority of the cases.

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I thought it was interesting that the army hearings were televised.

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I thought that it was interesting that McCarthy was able to accuse people of being communist without evidence because of the fears of Americans.

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One thing that I thought was interesting was that he accused people of being a communist even though he had no evidence.

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McCarthy's effectiveness ended when his trials were televised

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McCarthy just started accusing people of being communists in the U.S without proof

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It is interesting how strict the communist rule was. It made it seem that everyone was a communist.

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McCarthy was basically convicting officials with little to no evidence. This included everyday people, government officials, and celebrities. It's kind of amazing what people will believe when they are scared or under pressure.

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I find it interesting how everyone during that period were always accusing people they were communist even though there is no proof. Today those allegations would not prove anyone guilty because there was no factual evidence in the cases.

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I thought that it was interesting that people believed McCarthy's accusations without seeing proof that those being accused were actually involved in communism.

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He may be a communist
If you read anything at all involving communism you were written off as most likely a communist.
How to sound smart talking about McCarthyism
Even if people were blamed of something they didn’t do they would have to try and defend themselves to be proven innocent. It seemed like he just wanted to accuse everybody he could!

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I think it's interesting that If people had any association to the Communist Party, they were portrayed as communists.

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I thought it was interesting that citizens would be accused of being a communist with no concrete evidence, just based off of suspicions.

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McCarthy forced people to prove their innocence even though they weren't believed to be guilty in the first place.

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The Hollywood ten were not Communists.

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McCarthy capitalized off of the fear of the public in hopes of distracting America from the problems brewing within the country. Failing on its own.

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Communism was a large threat in the United States in the 1940's and 1950's.

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He used fear and speculation to further his political agenda

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I thought it was interesting that he said he had evidence of 250 names of communists, and would falsely accuse others of being communists.

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Interesting Fact: how strict the rule on the communist party was, if you had an association with communist party you were said to be a communist.

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Anything that is even said against the united states the person who said it is considered a communist

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Many Americans continuously accused each other of being a part of the communist party without having true evidence.

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One of the first elements of the cold war involved McCarthyism

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liz ws
it's interesting that the army hearings were televised. it's interesting that frank sinatra was involved.

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McCarthy not only went after other politicians, but also authors, actors, and the army

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McCarthy claimed to have names of 250 communist people working in the government.

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Interesting Fact: McCarthy diverted attention from the real issues going on.

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Voters supported Joseph McCarthy for multiple terms

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It is interesting that they did these trials publicly, and broadcasted/recorded them to show others. It's almost like it was entertainment to some people.

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McCarthy often accused well known political leaders as being communist spies.

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McCarthyism was one of the first parts of the Cold War

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Interesting fact-: Mccarthyism was one of the first signs of the Cold War

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McCarthyism was one of the first signs of the cold war
McCarthy claimed to know about 250 communists active in the united states government

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Bailey Alberts:  J Edgar hoover supplied McCarthy with information

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McCarthyism was used as a political tool and J. Edgar Hoover supplied McCarthy with information

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McCarthyism was used to cause 'drama' more than to reveal actual espionage.

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"take a real situation as an espionage and use it as a political tool" - that was said in the video & I think it's interesting how spying was used as a political tool

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it's interesting that the army hearings were televised. it's interesting that frank sinatra was involved.

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McCarthyism was considered a modern Witch Trial.

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The idea was called McCarthyism even though Joseph McCarthy didn't invent it. Why wasn't it called something like speculationofcommunistism??

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The FBI director supplied McCarthy with the information to smear people

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Joe McCarthy went after a certain groups such as "Protestants" and "elites" such as actors and directors in Hollywood because he simply loathed them. McCarthy didn't even create McCarthyism.
McCarthy's witch hunt went on for 5 years. The witch hunt was also called "red-baiting."

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The FBI was supplying McCarthy with information to accuse people of being communist.

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In reality, McCarthyism was a political tool where a real situation of espionage was slandered and made unclear to use to a politician's advantage.

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One thing I found interesting: Lauren Kellar

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One thing I found interesting: Lauren Kellar

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McCarthy diverted attention from the real issues

McCarthy lacked evidence of his claims yet he still captivated the American public with them

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McCarthyism was one of the first signs of the Cold War

McCarthy diverted attention from real problems and issues

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McCarthyism was used as a political tool where you take a real threat and make it unclear as an advantage.

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McCarthy was not the one that started the anti communist movement

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McCarthy was a Senator and he targeted other people in the government which is interesting because he worked with those people every day.

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McCarthy made it a point to go after people of power or well known people in society.

McCarthy made allegations toward 250 people having ties to the communist party at a speech in Wheeling West Virginia while he actually was bluffing.

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One thing I found interesting: Emerson Lewis

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One thing I found interesting: Emerson Lewis

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McCarthy did not create McCarthyism

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One Thing I Found Interesting- Sophie Zachman

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One Thing I Found Interesting- Sophie Zachman

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McCarthyism was political slander, and that McCarthy didn't create McCarthyism.

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McCarthy did not create McCarthyism. Hoover fed McCarthy information.

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McCarthyism was political slander and political slander had been occurring for many years before him.