Notes
-McCarthyism is a fear of communism
-Started in the 1950s
-This period of paranoia was mainly 1950-1954
-Led by Senator Joseph McCarthy (House of Un-American Activities Committee)
-Becomes a witch hunt looking for communists
-Started in the 1950s
-This period of paranoia was mainly 1950-1954
-Led by Senator Joseph McCarthy (House of Un-American Activities Committee)
-Becomes a witch hunt looking for communists
Summary
McCarthyism is essentially the fear of communism. It started in the 1950's it was a period of paranoia. It was led by Senator Joseph McCarthy (House of Un-American Activities Committee. It basically becomes a a witch hunt for Communists.
Quote
"[we are] going to continue to fight communism. Now I am going to tell you how we are not going to fight communism. We are not going to transform our fine FBI into a Gestapo secret police. That is what some people would like to do. We are not going to try to control what our people read and say and think. We are not going to turn the United States into a right-wing totalitarian country in order to deal with a left-wing totalitarian threat.” --Harry S. Truman
subjunctive Question
What good did this do for America? if so what did it do?