McCarthyism
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- Created on: 29-04-15 22:36
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- McCarthyism
- The movement was lead by Senator Joseph McCarthy
- It was a movement against US communists in the 1950s
- People that were suspected of supporting communism were publicly accused
- Frequently lost their jobs
- Some went to prison
- Some were sentenced to death
- Encouraged people to give information about anybody they thought supported communism
- Communist sympathizers went through aggressive investigations
- False accusations meant that people were blacklisted, which made it imppossible for them to find work
- McCarthy made a speech claiming to have the names of over 200 communists in the state department
- Got the names from a report from the FBI
- Claimed that there were communists in the govournment
- Many people in the entertainment industry were accused of supporting communism
- Studio bosses refused to employ anyone that supported the reds
- Captain America returned as a result of the public mood towards the red scare
- Many people condemned the methods used by McCarthy
- Eg. Americas leading playwright Arthur Miller and his play "The Crucible"
- Many newspapers produced articles that damaged MC's credibility
- Eg. Ed Murrow attacking MC on his TV show
- After 4 years McCarthyism lost popularity
- Turning point when he began to attack the army
- Repeatedly humiliated in the media
- Still strong anti-communist feeling in the USA
- But the methods used by MC were no longer accepted
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