McCarthyism - Wikipedia McCarthyism is a political practice defined by the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s, heavily associated with the Second Red Scare, also known
McCarthyism | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica McCarthyism, name given to the period of the 1950s when Senator Joseph McCarthy produced a series of investigations and hearings in an effort to expose supposed communist infiltration of the U S government
McCarthyism [ushistory. org] Senator Joseph McCarthy sent this telegram to President Truman two days after claiming that he had identified "205 card-carrying" members of the Communist party working in the U S State Department At a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, on February 9, 1950, McCarthy launched his first salvo
McCarthyism | Red Scare | The First Amendment Encyclopedia McCarthyism was a term coined in the 1950s to describe the practice of publicly accusing government employees or employees of government contractors of political disloyalty or subversive activities and using unsavory investigatory methods to prosecute them
McCarthyism - Alpha History McCarthyism created a dark mood of mistrust and suspicion, stunting freedom of speech and public debate It also had a divisive effect on American communities, as people lost their jobs or became social outcasts because of tenuous doubts about their political views and loyalty
Mccarthyism: Definition, History, and Key Facts Explained McCarthyism, a term associated with a dark period in American history, emerged in the early to mid-20th century as a clear manifestation of political repression and fear-mongering McCarthyism is named after Senator Joseph McCarthy, who became prominent for his fervent anti-communist crusade
McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare - Oxford Research Encyclopedias "McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare" published on by Oxford University Press The second Red Scare refers to the fear of communism that permeated American politics, culture, and society from the late 1940s through the 1950s, during the opening phases of the Cold War with the Soviet Union
Mccarthyism - Encyclopedia. com A term coined in 1950, McCarthyism described the escapades of Republican Senator Joseph R McCarthy of Wisconsin (1908–1957) It was later applied to the broader excesses that characterized anti-Communism in America during the Cold War (1946–1991)
Post-war American society - AQA McCarthyism - BBC This communist witch hunt therefore became known as ‘McCarthyism’ The term also refers to outlandish, sensationalist, unproven accusations of communist sympathy and connections
McCarthyism - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia McCarthyism is the term describing a period of intense anti-Communist suspicion in the United States which began during the start of the Cold War, that lasted roughly from the late 1940s to the mid to late 1950s The term gets its name from U S Senator Joseph McCarthy, a Republican of Wisconsin The period of McCarthyism is also referred to as the Second Red Scare (The First Red Scare happened