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McCarthyism Made by: Andy Stainer, Zoie Bailey, Kaylen Sanor, Jenna Smith, and Kailee Gibbons

Definition The practice of publicizing accusations of political disloyalty or subversion with insufficient regard to evidence. 2. The use of unfair investigatory or accusatory methods in order to suppress opposition. The practice of publicizing accusations of political disloyalty or subversion with insufficient regard to evidence. 2. The use of unfair investigatory or accusatory methods in order to suppress opposition. ●The practice of publicizing accusations of political disloyalty or subversion with insufficient regard to evidence. ●The use of unfair investigatory or accusatory methods in order to suppress opposition.

American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in Publicly made the accusation that 205 communists had infiltrated the U.S. State Department. Creator: Joseph McCarthy

Got re-elected in 1952 Became chair of the Senate's subcommittee on investigations Spent the next two years investigating many government departments and countless witnesses Creator: Joseph McCarthy cont.

●McCarthyism first had a huge spike at the start of the 1950’s. ●As years went on, it had a slight drop, then began to rise again. ●Coming into our time, the use of McCarthyism had begun to decrease. Growth of McCarthyism

What started McCarthyism ●Background checks on everyone involved with the government were ordered by President Truman in One man, Alger Hiss was convicted of spying during these checks. This frightened many people in the community. ●A few years later, McCarthy made a speech to many people in West Virginia about this same topic. During this speech, he mentioned that he knew of 205 card- carrying members that were in the Communist Party who also worked for the Department of State for the United States. McCarthy began grabbing even more attention from people.

Thousands of people were imprisoned Thousand of people lost their jobs Others were denied work Government officials were even targeted to be imprisoned. How McCarthyism affected people

●If you were suspected of homosexuality, you could be imprisoned as well. ●Some people who were affected were… ○ Owen Lattimore- Former editor for the Institute of Pacific Relations Journal. Was the government's liaison to Chiange Kai-Shek. People affected

Eisenhower, candidate for President in 1952, was afraid to praise marshalls home state because he was an accused traitor within the senate. Another person affected

The government became corrupted and afraid of Mccarthy for fear of losing their careers. Also started to accuse each other to gain more power within the senate and the house of representatives. How it affected the government

During The Cold War, McCarthyism increased extremely. The Cold War was against Russia, who was practicing communism. McCarthy’s accusations became so intimidating during this time that few people spoke up to him. McCarthyism and The Cold War

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