https://padlet.com/99029869/wlhqmcgmivs1 Paloma, Sean, Ethan en-us 2017-11-13 17:29:23 UTC 2026-03-25 01:57:02 UTC hello@padlet.com 99014095 https://padlet.com/99029869/wlhqmcgmivs1/wish/206375100 Joseph McCarthy was the Wisconsin Republican senator and a veteran of the Marine Corps who claimed to have a list of names of communists who infiltrated the U.S. government. He was unable to actually provide names or evidence against anyone. McCarthy became chair of the Senate's Government Committee on Operations and head of subcommittee on investigations. This allowed him to carry out his campaign against communists. He brought names of supposed communists to the subcommittee causing them to lose their jobs. McCarthy's tactics instilled fear of the Cold War and communism into the public.  He contributed to the U.S. government opposing many liberal policies including public health care and New Deal programs. In 1954, McCarthy accused the secretary of army of concealed activities. This led to a nationally televised hearing. He was unable to support any of his claims. This hearing led him to creating powerful enemies in the government and a poor impression in the eyes of the public.

]]> 2017-11-13 17:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/99029869/wlhqmcgmivs1/wish/206375100 99031742 https://padlet.com/99029869/wlhqmcgmivs1/wish/206382018  In the late 1940's, people in Wisconsin were divided over issues such as the creation of the United Nations, support for European recovery, and the growing power of the Soviet Union. When Europe divided into communist and capitalist countries, American opinion swayed towards to support the protection of democracy and capitalism against communist expansion. Communist expansion in Eastern Europe and Korea fueled Americans' anxiety that their way of life was under attack which made it easy for McCarthy, a veteran that served in WWII, to shape his campaign around soviet infiltration and become elected in Wisconsin as senator. In Wheeling, West Virginia, a speech was held on February 9, 1950, McCarthy said that he was aware members of the Communist Party, worked for the United States Department of State. This speech started an era of paranoia, accusations and it propelled McCarthy into America's spotlight. In the era of McCarthy, many Americans were accused of being communists or supporting communism  and became the subject of aggressive investigations and questioning before government or private-industry panels, committees and agencies. Many lost their livelihoods due to false accusation, but since McCarthy appealed to his audience's emotions and hatred towards the USSR, he gained many supporters and formed a sphere of invulnerability for 5 years after. His harsh acts and severe interrogations in court rooms were the characteristics of McCarthyism, an effective yet short lived political system that ended in 1957 with the death of Joseph McCarthy.

 

]]> 2017-11-13 17:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/99029869/wlhqmcgmivs1/wish/206382018 99029869 https://padlet.com/99029869/wlhqmcgmivs1/wish/206382629 McCarthyism was "a series of investigations and hearings during the 1950's in an effort to expose supposed communist infiltration of various areas of the U.S. government." During the late 1940's and early 1950's, the prospect of communist subversion at home and abroad seemed frighteningly real to many people in the United States. In 1953, at the beginning of his second term as senator, McCarthy was put in charge of the Committee on Government Operations, which allowed him to launch expansive investigations of alleged communist infiltration of the federal government. In hearing after hearing, he aggressively interrogated witnesses which was a blatant violation of their civil rights. Despite the lack of any proof of subversion, more than 2,000 government employees lost their jobs due to McCarthy’s investigations. Supporters of McCarthyism began to wane when McCarthy's "Army-McCarthy" hearing was broadcast on national television. With horror, most of the nation watched as Senator McCarthy attacked a young army lawyer during the hearing and insistently accused many other officers for treason. After this event, the senate voted to condemn McCarthy due to his inexcusable conduct as a senator. 

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