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Apr 2, 2014 · Famous Political Figures. Joseph McCarthy. Senator Joseph McCarthy charged that communists had infiltrated the U.S. State Department. He became chair of the Senate's subcommittee on...
McCarthyism, name given to the period of time in American history that saw U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin produce a series of investigations and hearings during the 1950s in an effort to expose supposed communist infiltration of various areas of the U.S. government.
A special subcommittee investigated McCarthy's charges and rejected them as “a fraud and a hoax,” but the outbreak of the Korean War and the highly publicized conviction of Alger Hiss lent credibility to the charges.
Oct 23, 2019 · Known For: United States Senator whose crusade against suspected communists turned into a national panic in the early 1950s. Born: November 14, 1908 in Grand Chute, Wisconsin. Parents: Timothy and Bridget McCarthy. Died: May 2, 1957, Bethesda, Maryland. Education: Marquette University.
Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy catapulted to national prominence in the United States after his claim in February 1950 that 205 communists were at that time employed by the State Department. Over the next few years, McCarthy capitalized on existing Cold War fears that Soviet communist subversion from within threatened the United States at the ...
Nov 13, 2009 · Senator Joseph McCarthy (R- Wisconsin) succumbs to illness exacerbated by alcoholism and passes away at age 48. McCarthy had been a key figure in the anticommunist hysteria popularly known as...
Joseph McCarthy. Born November 14, 1908. Grand Chute, Wisconsin. Died May 2, 1957. Washington, D.C. American politician. J oseph McCarthy rose to fame in 1950 when he shocked the nation with his claims that communists had infiltrated every segment of American society, including the government.
