Joseph McCarthy’s Commie Crusade

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Joseph McCarthy’s Commie Crusade The Second Red Scare McCarthy Begins Crusade Army-McCarthy Hearings Downfall of McCarthy Works Cited

The Second Red Scare America’s fear of communism and the paranoid belief that it would upset capitalism/out government Began after WWII Causes Iron Curtain and Soviet expansion China falls to communism Nuclear arms race Espionage The first Soviet hydrogen bomb test scared many Americans

The Second Red Scare cont. Left Americans vulnerable Demagoguery - impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace

McCarthy Begins Crusade United States Senator (R – Wisconsin) Presented list of 205 people in State Department to a Republican women’s group in Wheeling, WV Accused of being in Communist Party List was later reduced to 57 people Caused uproar and gained much publicity Did not reveal how names were gathered Suspected to be from “Lee List”, gathered by the House Appropriations Committee. McCarthy called for an investigation into these alleged communists and communist sympathizers

McCarthy Begins Crusade cont. Tydings Committee investigation Committee directed by Senator Millard Tydings to investigate McCarthy’s claims. McCarthy could not name a single State Department employee Refused to back down, kept making anti-communist accusations McCarthy criticized Dwight. D. Eisenhower of his own party, saying his administration was sheltering communists

Army-McCarthy Hearings McCarthy wanted to uncover espionage ring within the U.S Army Hearings were held by U.S Subcommittee on Investigations Gained a lot of publicity Live television Made front pages of newspapers nationally G. David Schine – chief consultant / private in Army. Army counter-charged that McCarthy and aide used power to get Schine promotion in Army and special treatment This was found to be correct

Army-McCarthy Hearings cont. McCarthy’s rude, uncivilized behavior became one of the focus points of the hearings “Have you no sense of decency, sir?” ~Joseph Welch The hearings lasted from April 1954 to June 1954. They were televised in April Claims remained unjustified

De-popularization of McCarthy and McCarthyism McCarthy’s rude behavior from the Army- McCarthy Hearings lost him support Censured by Senate in simple Resolution 301 (vote of 67 to 22) Lost respect of legislative peers for not providing evidence of claims that divided and scared the public McCarthy’s mental and physical health decreased after censure Alcoholism increased Died May 2, 1957 from acute cirrhosis of the liver due to alcoholism

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Works Cited cont. "McCarthy Hearings." United States History. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. <http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1769.html>. Senate Resolution 301, December 2, 1954; SEN 83A-B4, Records of the United States Senate; Record Group 46; National Archives Zhumanonline. "Army McCarthy Hearings "Have you no decency"" YouTube. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqQD4dzVkwk>.