1. McCarthyism and its affect on a nation
McCarthyism and its effects on America The rise and fall of McCarthyism America had known Red Scares before - most notably in the immediate aftermath of the First World War - but nothing had approached the ruthlessness and increasing lack of scruple of Senator Joseph McCarthy's crusade against Communism in the early 1950's. ... McCarthy, whose name has become a analogue for demagoguery, first caught the public eye during the feverish Red Scare that followed the conviction of the former State Department official Alger Hiss in 1950 on charges arising from espionage activity. ...
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- Approx Pages: 7
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- Grade Level: High School