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McCarthyism, also known as the Second Red Scare, was the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of alleged communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s. [1]
McCarthyism, name given to the period of the 1950s when Senator Joseph McCarthy produced a series of investigations and hearings in an effort to expose supposed communist infiltration of the U.S. government. McCarthyism reached its peak and began its decline during the Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954.
- McCarthyism is part of the Red Scare period of American history in the late 1940s and 1950s. During that time, Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy pr...
- The idea that it was necessary to guard against people seeking to overthrow the U.S. government took root early in the 20th century. Advances made...
- In 1950, Joseph McCarthy, who had been elected to the U.S. Senate in 1946, made a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, in which he stated that the U....
- Joseph McCarthy’s accusations of communist infiltration into the U.S. Army Signal Corps and the army’s charge that McCarthy had sought preferential...
- Joseph McCarthy’s charges that various government entities were infested with communists or communist sympathizers were mostly undocumented, and he...
2. Jan. 2018 · The McCarthy Era was marked by dramatic accusations that communists had infiltrated the highest levels of American society as part of a global conspiracy. The period took its name from a Wisconsin senator, Joseph McCarthy, who created a frenzy in the press in February 1950 with his claim that hundreds of communists were spread ...
The term McCarthyism has since become a byname for defamation of character or reputation by indiscriminate allegations on the basis of unsubstantiated charges. What is McCarthyism? McCarthyism is part of the Red Scare period of American history in the late 1940s and 1950s. During that time, Wisconsin Senator.
2. Jan. 2018 · Die McCarthy-Ära war geprägt von dramatischen Anschuldigungen, dass Kommunisten als Teil einer globalen Verschwörung die höchsten Ebenen der amerikanischen Gesellschaft infiltriert hätten. Der Zeitraum erhielt seinen Namen von einem Senator aus Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy, der im Februar 1950 mit seiner Behauptung, Hunderte von ...
McCarthy-Ära (auch McCarthyismus) bezeichnet einen Zeitabschnitt der jüngeren Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten in der Anfangsphase des Kalten Krieges. Sie war durch einen lautstarken Antikommunismus und Verschwörungstheorien geprägt und ist auch als Second Red Scare (deutsch „Zweite Rote Angst“) bekannt.
McCarthyism refers to a period in the early 1950s when hundreds of Americans were accused of communist involvement or sympathies, usually with little or no supporting evidence. 2. It takes its name from Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin Senator who in February 1950 delivered a speech and claimed to have a list of communists employed in the State ...
