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Bookmark or Share- More Than Just a Man | American Experience | PBS' McCarthy | Article. More Than Just a Man. Anti-communist political repression went far beyond Senator Joseph McCarthy. December 5, 2019 | Ellen Schrecker. Alger Hiss, accused of Communist...
- Joseph McCarthy - WikipediaJoseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death at age 48 in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in the United States in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of ...
- Biography of Joseph McCarthy, Controversial Senator - ThoughtCoKnown For: United States Senator whose crusade against suspected communists turned into a national panic in the early 1950s. Born: November 14, 1908 in Grand Chute, Wisconsin. Parents: Timothy and Bridget McCarthy. Died: May 2, 1957, Bethesda, Maryland. Education: Marquette University.
- McCarthyism | Definition, History, & Facts | BritannicaMcCarthyism, 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 reached its peak and began its decline during the Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954.
- Joseph McCarthy - Senator, Cold War & Death | HISTORYJoseph R. McCarthy, a U.S. senator from Wisconsin, is best known for his high-profile attempts to expose communists in the U.S. government during the 1950s.
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