1. McCarthyism By: Kirsten Plocher, Sarrah Tennefoss, Julia Bock, Sarah Jarvis, Valerie Mobley, Zeina Katabi, Jarrod Sutton, Canaan McDaniel, and Kyle Linhart

2. Background Information ● Creator of McCarthyism was U.S Senator Joseph McCarthy ● McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty or treason without the consideration of evidence. ● Consisted of the government trying to weed out spies from the communist party.

3. Background Information ● McCarthyism was targeted toward Americans ● affected all levels of society ● caused turmoil in America and many debates ● Joseph McCarthy lost his power and allies due to senators voting to condemn him for his actions

4. Important Dates ● February 9th, 1950 McCarthy launched his first salvo (outburst) ● he claimed that he was aware of the 205 card carrying members of the communist party who worked for the US department of state. ●February 20th, 1950 McCarthy addressed the Senate and made a list of claims against suspected communists

5. Important Dates ● McCarthy’s accusations went on into 1954 ● he interrogated army officials (including decorated war heroes for 8 weeks, and also accused high level government officials) ● In 1957, at the age of 48, McCarthy died of poor health and alcoholism.

7. Definitions ●Communism- a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state ●McCarthyism- the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on evidence. ●Opening Salvo-the first in a series of questions, statements etc that you use to try to win an argument; outburst

8. McCarthyism Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcSJppDTlFI

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