Joseph Mccarthy And The Mccarthy Era

McCarthy of Wisconsin, spent years trying to expose communists in the government. During the Cold War, few cases of disloyalty convinced many Americans that the U.S. government was ran by traitors and spies. His thought of anyone being a communist ended up in prison or alienation. Americans were always "fearing what unwise investigators will do to us here at home" (Document A) and what their "hysterical reactions" could end up in. This fear was given insufficient attention to by the Eisenhower Administration, as the communist investigators were backed by the government. A great example of the fears Americans suffered from in the Cold War, American fear of communist investigators in the nation, and the Eisenhower Administration did not attend to

Joseph McCarthy was a senator who used a series of tactics fueled by manipulation, deceit, and scapegoating to achieve his end goal: to gain fame and popularity. This started an era which came to be known as McCarthyism, named after the man himself. He exploited a fear that many people held after World War II, the Red Scare, and out of it came instant fame. Here, in his speech at Wheeling, he earned millions of followers who would join him in the hopes of defeating Communism once and for all. Unfortunately, like all famous fibbers, McCarthy would eventually make a series of bad decisions that would make him unpopular. Beginning with the See it Now broadcasts and the Army-McCarthy hearings, McCarthy would lose the surge of popularity he

Joe McCarthy enjoyed a short reign in the spotlight of American politics in the early 1950s. His tactics, the baseless accusations of Communist ties, would come to be called McCarthyism and they set the tone of the American crusade against the ‘threat’ of Communism for years to come. The era in which the heavily anti-Communist McCarthyism reigned in America was one marked by fear, suspicion, and tightly geld ideals. Many found themselves under fire from the political witch hunts and more than one life was destroyed by the accusations brought upon it. The illegalization of the Communist movement and the misfortune that a Communist branding would cause were all unfortunate products of a fallacy filled mindset what stripped Americans of their

This not only applied to America, but also to other countries such as France and Italy. To aid against the Soviet Unions growing Communist power over such countries, America enacted Cold War liberalism in an attempt to contain the forces within Russia. It was further helped through the Mutual Security Act, which provided countries with grants that would help them combat Communist takeover. In addition, it is shown through the audience of Doc 2 how public speeches on the subject of Communism affected the public by riling them up to points of violence. The speeches by Joseph McCarthy, the most prominent Red Scare speaker, created a popular practice called McCarthyism. In this, people would make accusations against others about supposed Communist ties without any substantial evidence. The most drastic case that resulted from McCarthyism was the Rosenberg’s, who were executed for their supposed ties with Communist

The Rosenberg case revealed how biased and fearful the American judicial system and public were. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were

Joseph McCarthy did not become well known until 1950. He was a senator from Wisconsin. The reason why he became well known was because he supposedly had a list of people who were Communists but living and working in the United States. He was determined to make it his mission to find and deport or destroy these people. This time in American history became known as the Red Scare. He was chairman of the Senate Permanent Investigation Subcommittee. He destroyed many innocent people lives with his witch hunt. After much debate and investigation, there was no such list and there were no Communists living amongst American citizens. He was ostracized by many. The tactics he used to try and find the so called Communists living amongst American

The 1950’s was a time of paranoia in the United States - a time of suspicion and fear. The Cold War had just ended and U.S citizens were nervous for their government’s safety due to the fact that as soon as the war ended, China had become a Communist nation. One American in particular, Senator Joseph McCarthy allegedly believed that Communist spies were infiltrating the United States’ government. These claims resulted in Joseph McCarthy becoming a “hero” figure towards American citizens; the people believed anything he said. This led to McCarthy abusing his power and accusing citizens of un-American acts. Joseph McCarthy was a hypocrite to “Americanism” because he committed un-American activities such as McCarthyism, the Red Scare and Blacklisting.

From 1949 to 1954, the citizens of the United States were overcome with terror of the possibility of being accused of Communism. Joseph McCarthy was an anti-communist zealot consumed with rooting out perceived Communist spies and activities in the United States. Public opinion indicated that McCarthy was a bully and a liar. The Senate condemned him for it because at the time, there was no evidence to support him. However, in recent years, evidence has appeared that confirms the basis of what McCarthy said. There were Communists infiltrating America, and it seemed McCarthy was the only one who actively trying to find it. McCarthy governed the U.S. people with fear for three year, the Senate censured him, and now is being proven correct,

On February 9, 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy said he had a list of 205 communists who work for the United States government. During that time era two spies name Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were arrested for secretly supplying atomic bombs to the Soviet Union. Since than McCarthy generate mass hysteria, by stating that “The state Department is infested with Communists ( pg.1).” After hearing that, people started questioning their neighbors if they were communist, as it was called a time period full of fear. McCarthy who lead the HUAC (House Committee on Un-American Activities) was witch hunting to found as much communist as he can in a America. In Sam Roberts article “A Decade of Fear,” he states “with a decade-long period of investigations-labeled

The McCarthyism era was one of the darkest moments. The U.S. felt they needed to take the next action which was not agreeing to prove the threat, disagreeing with it, but the Vienna transcript and also the Rosenberg file had so much evidence. The communism fear was that the United States would manifested political anxiety. Many examples were the red scare and also the cold war, these effects were the communism being afraid of the cold war and the red scare in which McCarthyism tried to stop it. All these things led up to how communism posed a major threat towards them.

During the times of McCarthyism the House Committee on Un-American Activities employed barbaric and “Un-American” techniques that would characterize the American law system as an extinguisher of American civil liberties; during this exploration we will be examining a brief history of McCarthyism and a few documents from this time period. Initially, we will be traversing the history from pre-McCarthyism on into the times of McCarthyism. Following, we will be evaluating three documents from the times of McCarthyism: a letter to the House Committee on Un-American Activities, a reflection on the times of McCarthyism, and a political cartoon.

In 1951, nearly one hundred years after Brown’s case, the Cold War was in full swing. Conspiracy theories and tales of espionage abounded in an effort to reject communism’s enticing offerings. One such story was true: that of Soviet spy couple Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. The duo was

The critics are wrong because the main purpose is to inform the public about issues that are happening around them. Today mass media is a huge part of everyday life from television, the internet to the radio and newspapers. Their job is to inform us in the simplest terms they can think of so they can avoid confusion or causing conflicts between one another. It is also their job to investigate. The news may uncover information that a higher authority was trying to keep from the public. So when you see something new more than likely a journalist just uncovered new details. The McCarthy era is a good example of new discovery. Senator Joseph McCarthy has been attached the era that is known for the fear of the spread of Communism. At first, the

With little evidence the government tried to convict him and eventually did so on perjury (McCarthy and McCarthyism, Digital History). The second case deals with a conspiracy to commit espionage by a couple, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. They were accused for spying for the Soviet Union. They maintained their innocence but

On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union (“on this day”, p.1). Their execution was not meant to happen, it was used as a threat to encourage the Rosenberg’s to confess to their crimes. Julius and Ethel stuck to their story throughout the trial, they remained true to their communist beliefs, but they never confessed to being spies. The Rosenberg’s were executed in June 1953, but there was little evidence supporting their execution.