Joseph McCarthy by Brandon Cabrera https://padlet.com/99031684/q3gudt2mli91 Brandon, Eric, Trent en-us 2017-11-09 19:12:30 UTC 2025-11-02 07:47:15 UTC hello@padlet.com Who he was 99031684 https://padlet.com/99031684/q3gudt2mli91/wish/205461261 Joseph McCarthy was an anti-communist senator of Wisconsin during the cold war. He was a major voice against communism and had extreme concerns about homeland security. Joseph McCarthy created a nation hysteria and was America's  leading anti-communist celebrity. Joseph McCarthy created the term McCarthyism and was listened to by most of the public. Joseph McCarthy attacked fellow republicans, accusing them of either being a communist or being influenced by communists. Joseph McCarthy was reelected in 1952 as the Wisconsin senator. McCarthy created the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations after Eisenhower attempted to move him to an unimportant government committee. McCarthy was then hated because he began attacking the U.S. military and the public turned on him. The Senate censured McCarthy making his behavior seen as dishonorable. "He attacked Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall (1880–1959), Secretary of State Dean Acheson (1893–1971), and even Presidents Harry S. Truman (1884–1972; served 1945–53) and Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969; served 1953–61). Republican leadership knew the outrageousness of McCarthy's charges but also knew it was political suicide to try to stop him. The public listened to him."
"McCarthy, Joseph R." Cold War Reference Library, edited by Richard C. Hanes, et al., vol. 5: Primary Sources, UXL, 2004, pp. 166-173. U.S. History in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3410800137/UHIC?u=stev76221&xid=93dcac7b. Accessed 9 Nov. 2017.

]]> 2017-11-09 19:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/99031684/q3gudt2mli91/wish/205461261 Early Life 99031659 https://padlet.com/99031684/q3gudt2mli91/wish/205464016 Joseph McCarthy was born on November 14, 1908, in Grand Chute, Wisconsin. His parents are Timothy Thomas McCarthy, a farmer, and his moms name is Bridget. The McCarthy family were Catholic and very religious, they are proud of their Irish ancestry. Joseph is one of seven children, Joseph received education in the one-room Underhill country school, and completed eighth grade at the age of 14. After that at the age of 20 he entered Manawa's Little Wolf High School. Within nine months of going there he finished a four year program with honors. In 1930 he enrolled at Marquette University and graduated with a law degree five years later. In 1936 he ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat for District Attorney. Three years later, McCarthy was elected Circuit Judge but lied to win. McCarthy told everyone that his opponent, Edgar Werner, was lying about his age, which was not true. In 1942 McCarthy enlisted into war as a lieutenant but later returned home because he exposed himself to enemy fire which ended to him getting shot on the leg. After returning home he ran for Republican Senatorial Primary but was easily beaten. McCarthy defeated LaFollette to become part of the senate.

"Joseph McCarthy." Historic World Leaders, edited by Anne Commire, Gale, 1994. World History in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K1616000410/UHIC?u=stev76221&xid=5dc8aa44. Accessed 9 Nov. 2017.


]]> 2017-11-09 19:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/99031684/q3gudt2mli91/wish/205464016 McCarthyism 99013763 https://padlet.com/99031684/q3gudt2mli91/wish/205467179 McCarthyism is the broad term used to describe the attitudes, tactics, and policies used by Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy. He used these different things during his campaign against alleged Communist infiltration of U.S. institutions. The term was first used by editorial cartoonist Herbert Block in the Washington Post on March 29, 1950 (McCarthyism). McCarthyism was Joseph McCarthy's specific feelings about the Red Scare and his policies toward it. The Red Scare was the public fear and hysteria regarding the spread of Communism in the United States in the early to mid-twentieth century (McCarthyism). McCarthy claimed in a 1950 speech to have compiled a list of 205 Communists who had infiltrated the U.S. State Department (McCarthyism). When he was later investigated, he was unable to provide the names of the people involved or any evidence against them. McCarthyism was pretty successful for Joseph McCarthy because he served as Senator of Wisconsin for about 10 years.
"McCarthyism." Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, edited by Thomas Riggs, 2nd ed., vol. 2, Gale, 2015, pp. 771-772. U.S. History in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3611000526/UHIC?u=stev76221&xid=abc2ce7a. Accessed 9 Nov. 2017.
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