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2 What is McCarthyism? According to Google," McCarthyism is a vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950-54. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party."

3 Why the Intellectual People Left. Many writers and cartoonist left because they had been involved in a long harsh movement against Joseph McCarthy. Others left because they did not like McCarthyism and were to scared to say anything about it.

4 How McCarthyism Ended Historians say that McCarthyism ended when Joseph McCarthy did not win the chairmanship of the Government Committee on Operations of the Senate. Since he didn't win the election, he lost power. The media didn't have interest in him because he lost his power.

5 McCarthyism's Blacklist Aaron Copland John Garfield Arthur Miller Dorothy Parker Jeff Corey

6 Aaron Ratliff, Kelsey Green, Bobby, Knox, Destiny Harrison, and Heather Posey Work Cited Page Introduction Picture #1- http://tinyurl.com/7oymwax http://tinyurl.com/7oymwax Slide 2http://tinyrurl.com/74522nl Picture #2-http://tinyurl.com8xtjxlj Slide 3 Picture #3- http://tinyurl.com/7wz76us http://tinyurl.com/7wz76us Slide 4 Picture #4-http://tinyurl,com/7kq529r


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