 A. WHAT WERE THEY ACCUSED OF? ◦ ACCUSED OF DISLOYALTY ◦ BEING COMMUNISTS ◦ EXPOSING MOVIEGOERS TO COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA  B. HOW WERE THEY AFFECTED BY.

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 A. WHAT WERE THEY ACCUSED OF? ◦ ACCUSED OF DISLOYALTY ◦ BEING COMMUNISTS ◦ EXPOSING MOVIEGOERS TO COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA  B. HOW WERE THEY AFFECTED BY THE ACCUSATIONS? ◦ THEY WERE IMPRISONED AND BLACKLISTED ◦ THEIR CAREERS AND REPUTATIONS WERE DESTROYED

 A. WHAT WERE THEY ACCUSED OF? ◦ ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR THE SOVIET UNION ◦ PASSING GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS TO THE SOVIET UNION ◦ PERJURY  B. HOW WERE THEY AFFECTED BY THE ACCUSATIONS? ◦ HE WAS CONVICTED OF PERJURY AND JAILED

 A. WHAT WERE THEY ACCUSED OF? ◦ ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR THE SOVIET UNION ◦ HELPING TO PASS INFORMATION TO THE SOVIETS ABOUT THE ATOMIC BOMB  B. HOW WERE THEY AFFECTED BY THE ACCUSATIONS? ◦ THEY WERE CONVICTED AND EXECUTED

 4. WHAT SEEMS TO HAVE MOTIVATED IT? ◦ McCARTHY’S DESIRE TO BE REELECTED ◦ THE REPUBLICANS’ DESIRE TO WIN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ◦ GROWING FEARS OF COMMUNISM AND SUSPICION OF FOREIGN INFLUENCES IN THE UNITED STATES

◦ 5. WHY DID IT SUCCEED AT FIRST?  McCARTHY FED ON THE PUBLIC’S FEARS AND GAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT HE WAS PURGING THE NATION OF A VERY DANGEROUS, AND SEEMINGLY VERY REAL, COMMUNIST MENANCE

◦ 6. WHY DID IT FALL OUT OF FAVOR?  IN TELEVISED HEARINGS, McCARTHY BULLIED WITNESSES, TURNING THE PUBLIC AGAINST HIM. THERE WAS NO PROOF FOR HIS ACCUSATIONS