Senator Joseph McCarthy, from Wisconsin, had a reputation as a bad legislator and in order to regain respect and earn votes for the upcoming election, he knew he needed a big issue. He began claiming that communists were taking over the government, thus making him one of the most famous anti-communist activists. He founded the ideas of McCarthyism which is unsupported accusations on suspected communists. McCarthy claimed to know of hundreds of Communists in the State Department, but he never produced a single name. He played it safe and only made these accusations in the Senate where he had legal immunity to protect him. Other republicans did almost nothing to stop him from making these attacks because they thought it would help win the 1952 presidential election. In 1954 McCarthy made accusations against the United States Army that was followed up by an investigation. McCarthy bullied the witness in the investigation, and was condemned by the Senate for "improper Conduct". He died in 1957 from alcoholism.
-By Jennah and Kathleen
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ReplyDeleteit could be more flowing. the fact about his death came especially sudden...
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